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The emperor of Ethiopia ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት, romanized: nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( Amharic: ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.
Negus (Ge'ez: ንጉሥ, nəgueś; cf. Amharic: ነጋሲ nəgus) is the word for "king" in the Ethiopian Semitic languages and a title which was usually bestowed upon a regional ruler by the Negusa Nagast, or "king of kings," in pre-1974 Ethiopia.
The Negesta Nagastat ( Ge’ez: ንግሥተ ነገሥታት nəgəstä nägästât) was Empress Regnant in her own right, literally "Queen of Kings", or "Queen of Queens", or "female ruler of an empire." Zewditu (reigned 1917–1930) was the only woman to be crowned in Ethiopia in her own right since ancient times.
“Negusa Nagast” is a term derived from the Ethiopian language Amharic, which translates to “King of Kings.” The song pays tribute to Haile Selassie, the former Emperor of Ethiopia and a revered figure in the Rastafari movement.
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Serge Gainsbourg - Negusa Nagast. 19.84FM. 90 subscribers. Subscribed. 179. 40K views 12 years ago. From the album "Mauvaises Nouvelles Des Etoiles" ...more.
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Oct 18, 2019 · Learn about the legacy of Menelik II and Taytu, the Ethiopian monarchs who defeated Italy at Adwa and founded Addis Ababa. Listen to their voices on a 120-year-old recording sent to Queen Victoria in 1899.
Hāyla Sellāsē had his ge''ez title negusa nagast, officially translated to that of " emperor" during the ceremony and then his reign (Rubenson, 1965), even though " king of kings" would have been more accurate.
