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What is Swahili for "Excellency"?

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What is Swahili for how a monarch would be addressed, i.e., "Your Excellency"?

Thanks for your help.

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What is Swahili for "Excellency"?

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Mar 25, 2010
Excellent
by: Archie Melrose

Hiya and the best words I could find are these which you can locate if you do a search for an English-Swahili dictionary.

Mheshimiwa noun 1/2

Honourable, Excellency

Mhe. abbreviation See Mheshimiwa

► Mhe. Spika na mkewe the Honourable Spika and his wife

Waheshimiwa pl noun 1/2 See singular Mheshimiwa

mtukufu noun 1/2

1 his excellency, his highness, his majesty

2 exalted person

3 respected person, important person

watukufu pl noun 1/2 See singular mtukufu

1 exalted people

2 their highnesses

3 their majesties

4 their excellencies

I just wondered how and where you would use this as there are not many Monarchs or Royal persons in the Swahili language area. I am intrigued and ready to be corrected.

If you were thinking in a prayerful way then Mungu Mtukufu would be very appropriate.

Regards

Archie

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