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To: colorcountry
A little of everything from Wikipedia:

Unnamed in the biblical text, she is called Makeda (not this way/not thus) in the Ethiopian tradition, and in Islamic tradition her name is Bilqis. Alternative names given for her have been Nikaule or Nicaula.

747 posted on 03/30/2006 4:15:59 PM PST by Tax-chick (Baby milk factory and all-night laundry -- please tip your server!)
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To: Tax-chick; colorcountry
Kipling called her "Balkis the Beautiful."

The Butterfly that Stamped

He grew up in western India, among Muslims, so his Indian stories draw on that tradition.

753 posted on 03/30/2006 4:19:14 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Tax-chick

She likes her name, the only others she knows with it are Jamaican. That name traces into the history of Haile Selassie, Rastafarians and Ethiopia.

I found that Bilqis is a Muslim name. The Nikaule or Nicaula names are pretty, I wonder what their origin is. I wonder if that is where the name Nicole comes from.


758 posted on 03/30/2006 4:23:13 PM PST by colorcountry (You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.....CS Lewis)
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