"Ramesses" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Ramasses [alternative], Ramases [alternative], Rameses [alternative], Ramses [alternative], Ramsses [alternative], Rhamesses [alternative], Rhameses [alternative], Rhamsses [alternative], Rhamses [alternative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), itself from Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw, ra-ms-sw Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ῥαμέσσης}} Ancient Greek Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), {{der|en|egy|rꜥ-ms-sw}} Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ramesses
  1. Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC. Derived forms: Ramessid Related terms: Ramesside, Ramose Coordinate_terms: Ozymandias Translations (name of pharaohs): Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs) (Ancient Greek), Ῥαμέστης (Rhaméstēs) (Ancient Greek), رَمْسِيس (ramsīs) (Arabic), ܪܲܥܡܣܝܼܣ (raʿmsīs) (Aramaic), Ра̀мзес (Ràmzes) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 拉美西斯 (Chinese Mandarin), ⲣⲁⲙⲉⲥⲥⲏ (ramessē) (Coptic), ra-ms-sw (rꜥ-ms-sw) [masculine] (Egyptian), Ramsès (French), Ramses [masculine] (German), Ramesses [masculine] (German), Ραμσής (Ramsís) (Greek), Ῥαμσῆς (Greek), Ραμσῆς (Greek), רַעְמְסֵס (Ra'mses) (Hebrew), ラムセス (Ramusesu) (Japanese), Ramses (Latin), Rhamses (Latin), Rhamsesis (Latin), رامسس (râmses) (Persian), Ramzes [masculine] (Polish), Ramsés [masculine] (Portuguese), Рамсе́с (Ramsés) [masculine] (Russian), Рамзе́с (Ramzés) [masculine] (Russian), Ramsés (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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