Nefertiti

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Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Egyptian
Pronounced Pron. /ˌnɛf.əɹ.ˈti.ti/(American English) /ˌnɛf.ə.ˈtiː.ti/(British English)

Meaning & History

From Egyptian nfrt-jjtj meaning "the beautiful one has come" [1]. Nefertiti was a powerful Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom (14th century BC), the principal wife of Akhenaton, the pharaoh that briefly imposed a monotheistic religion centered around the sun god Aton.