List of royal titles
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Royal titles include:
  • the Germanic royal title (Common Germanic *kuningaz), see Germanic king
  • in historical context, any tribal king
    Tribal King
    Tribal King is a French duet composed of David and Nony . Both are from Mulhouse, then Belfort...

  • in the context of antiquity or the Ancient Near East, any ruler of a city-state
    City-state
    A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.-Historical city-states:...

     or petty kingdom
    Petty kingdom
    A petty kingdom is one of a number of small kingdoms, described as minor or "petty" by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it...

    , translating:
    • Sumerian lugal
      Lugal
      Lugal is the Sumerian cuneiform sign for leader from the two signs, LÚ.GAL , and was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear . The sign eventually became the predominant Sumerian term for a King in general. In the Sumerian language, lugal is used to mean an owner...

    • Semitic malik
      Malik
      Malik is an Arabic word meaning "king, chieftain".It has been adopted in various other, mainly Islamized or Arabized, Asian languages for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere. It is also sometimes used in derived meanings...

      , melech
    • Greek basileus
      Basileus
      Basileus is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history. It is perhaps best known in English as a title used by the Byzantine Emperors, but also has a longer history of use for persons of authority and sovereigns in ancient Greece, as well as for the kings of...

    • rex (Ancient Rome)
    • the Mediterranean tyrant
      Tyrant
      A tyrant was originally one who illegally seized and controlled a governmental power in a polis. Tyrants were a group of individuals who took over many Greek poleis during the uprising of the middle classes in the sixth and seventh centuries BC, ousting the aristocratic governments.Plato and...

    • Persian shah
      Shah
      Shāh is the title of the ruler of certain Southwest Asian and Central Asian countries, especially Persia , and derives from the Persian word shah, meaning "king".-History:...

    • Sanskrit raja
      Raja
      Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...

    • Gaelic
      Rí, or very commonly ríg , is an ancient Gaelic word meaning "King". It is used in historical texts referring to the Irish and Scottish kings and those of similar rank. While the modern Irish word is exactly the same, in modern Scottish it is Rìgh, apparently derived from the genitive. The word...

      , ríg
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