Ramesses

English

Alternative forms

• Ramasses, Ramases, Rameses, Ramses, Ramsses, Rhamesses, Rhameses, Rhamsses, Rhamses

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), itself from Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw,

Proper noun

Ramesses

1. Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

Coordinate terms

• Ozymandias

 

Related terms

• Ramesside
• Ramose

 

Translations

name of pharaohs

• Arabic: رَمْسِيس (ramsīs)
• Aramaic: ܪܲܥܡܣܝܼܣ (raʿmsīs)
• Bulgarian: Ра̀мзес m (Ràmzes)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉美西斯 (zh)

• Coptic: ⲣⲁⲙⲉⲥⲥⲏ (ramessē)
• Egyptian: (rꜥ-ms-sw m)
• French: Ramsès (fr)
• German: Ramses (de) m, Ramesses m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), Ῥαμέστης (Rhaméstēs)

  Modern: Ῥαμσῆς, Ραμσῆς, Ραμσής (el) (Ramsís)

• Hebrew: רַעְמְסֵס (Ra'mses)
• Japanese: ラムセス (Ramusesu)
• Latin: Ramses, Rhamses, Rhamsesis
• Persian: رامسس (râmses)
• Polish: Ramzes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ramsés m
• Russian: Рамсес (ru) (Ramses), Рамзес (ru) (Ramzes)
• Spanish: Ramsés