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Name Shabaka
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern
Scripts 𓆷𓃞𓂓, Σαβακῶν
Pronounced Pron. /ʃɑ.bɑ.kɑ/(modern Egyptological)
Other Forms FormsSabacon (Hellenized), Shabako
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

From Egyptian šꜢbꜢkꜢ, of Kushite origin. This was the name of a Kushite pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt (c.721 BCE - c.707 BCE). The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom in what is now the Republic of Sudan.
Added 10/3/2007 by Shabaka Amen