Mswati
/əmˈswɑːti/noun
A royal personal name associated especially with the kings of Eswatini, including Mswati III.
Did you know?The modern kingdom of Eswatini was formerly called Swaziland, a name connected to the Swazi people and the royal lineage associated with Mswati II.
Etymological Timeline
Early Bantu period
Bantu
*swati
“A reconstructed ancestral form associated with the ethnonym later represented by Swati or Swazi; its deeper meaning is uncertain.”
19th Century
siSwati
Mswati
“Royal personal name used by Swazi rulers, most famously King Mswati II.”
19th Century
English
Swazi
“The English ethnonym for the people and kingdom associated with the Swazi monarchy.”
20th Century
siSwati
siSwati
“The Swati language.”
2018
English/siSwati
Eswatini
“The kingdom’s official name, meaning approximately “land of the Swati people”; the former English name was Swaziland.”
Modern English
English
Mswati
“A proper name chiefly encountered in historical and contemporary references to Swazi kings, especially Mswati III.”