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{{also|King of Kings}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
Attested in {{inh|en|enm|-}} as {{m|enm|king of kinges}}. An ancient formula which seems to have originated in a Semitic language of the {{w|Ancient Near East}}; see {{noncog|pal|𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠|tr=šāhān-šāh|sc=Phli|gloss=king of kings}} for more.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|kings of kings}}

# A {{l|en|king}} who has other kings as {{l|en|subject|subjects}}; an {{l|en|emperor}}.

====Hyponyms====
* [[shahanshah]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|king who has other kings as subjects|shahanshah}}
* Akkadian: {{t|akk|𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍|tr=šar šarrāni}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ንጉሠ ነገሥት}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|արքայից արքա}}
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|[[թագաւորաց]] [[թագաւոր]]}}, {{t|xcl|[[արքայից]] [[արքայ]]}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|শাহেনশাহ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|цар на царете}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|[[rei]] de reis}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|萬王之王|tr=wànwángzhīwáng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|[[král]] [[králů]]}}
* Danish: {{t|da|[[kongerne]]s [[konge]]}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|[[koning]] der [[koningen]]}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuningasten]] [[kuningas]]}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[roi]] [[des]] [[rois]]}}
* German: {{t|de|[[König]] der [[Könige]]}}
* Greek: {{t|el|[[βασιλέας]] [[των]] [[βασιλέων]]}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|[[βασιλεύς]] [[τῶν]] [[βασιλέων]]}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|[[מלך]] המלכים|tr=mélekh ha-m'lakhím}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|शहंशाह|m}}, {{t+|hi|शाहंशाह|m}}, {{t|hi|शहनशाह|m}}, {{t|hi|सम्राट|m}}, {{t+|hi|चक्रवर्ती|m}}, {{t+|hi|राजाधिराज|m}}, {{t+|hi|महाराज|m}}, {{t|hi|महाराजा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[királyok]] [[királya]]}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|rajadiraja}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[re]] dei re}}
* Latin: {{t|la|[[rex]] [[regum]]}}<!-- compare {{t|la|[[rex]] [[regibus]]}} for shahanshahs -->
* Latvian: {{t|lv|[[karaļu]] [[karalis]]}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|[[karalių]] [[karalius]]}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|[[raja]] [[segala]] [[raja]]}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|[[kongene]]s [[konge]]}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|شاهنشاه|tr=šâhanšâh}}
*: Middle Persian: {{t|pal|𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠|tr=šāhān-šāh}}
*: Old Persian: {{t|peo|𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶}}<!--ts=xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām-->
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[król]] królow}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[rei]] dos reis}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[rege]] al [[regilor]]}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|царь царе́й|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|राजाधिराज|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|[[краљ]] [[краљева]]}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|[[kralj]] [[kraljeva]]}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|[[kráľ]] [[kráľov]]}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|[[rey]] [[de]] [[reyes]]}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|[[konungarna]]s [[konung]]}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|[[hari]] [[ng]] [[mga]] [[hari]]}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|цар царів|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|شہنشاہ|tr=śehanśāh}}
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===Proper noun===
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# {{n-g|The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:}}
## {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[Jesus Christ]].
##* {{RQ:KJV|Revelation|17|14|text=These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and '''King of kings''': and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.}}

{{C|en|People|Monarchy|Heads of state}}