name
Meaning 1
An English surname of unknown derivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Negus
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈniːɡəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of negus (“Ethiopian ruler”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 3
A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg
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Broader terms: mulled wine
History
Etymology
Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator.
1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: греяно вино (grejano vino) — drink made of wine mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, etc.
- German: Negus — drink made of wine mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: negus — drink made of wine mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, etc.
- Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Arabic: نَجَاشِيّ (najāšiyy) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Bengali: নাজাশি (najaśi) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Bulgarian: негус (negus) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Esperanto: neguso — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- French: négus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- French: négous — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Ge'ez: ንጉሥ (nəguś) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Georgian: ნეგუსი (negusi) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- German: Negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Hindi: नजाशी (najāśī) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Hungarian: négus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Italian: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Norwegian Bokmål: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Persian: نجاشی (najâši) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Polish: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Portuguese: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Romanian: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Russian: не́гус (négus) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Spanish: negus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Tigrinya: ንጉስ (nəgus) — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Venetan: nègus — king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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