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Name Nitocris
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Scripts 饟垨饟弿饟彲饟噵饟垘饟倠饟弿饟彮饟厗(Hieroglyphs) 螡委蟿蠅魏蟻喂蟼(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsNitokris (Greek), Netiqret, Nitiqret, Neitiqerty, Nitiqreti
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Meaning & History
Greek form of Egyptian nt-jqr.t meaning "Neith is excellent", derived from the name of the goddess Neith combined with jqr "excellent, worthy, reliable" and the suffix tj. This was the name of several prominent ancient Egyptian women, and may have been the nomen of pharaoh Netjerkare.