Kandake, kadake au kentake (kwa Kigiriki cha Kale: Κανδάκη, Kandakē; kwa Kilatini mara nyingi: Candace) lilikuwa neno la Kimeroiti kwa dada wa mfalme wa Kush ambaye, kwa sababu ya urithi wa mke, angebeba mrithi wa pili, akimfanya kuwa mama malkia. Alikuwa na korti yake mwenyewe, alikuwa pia kama mmiliki wa ardhi, na alikuwa na jukumu maarufu la kidunia kama msimamizi. Vyanzo vya kisasa vya Ugiriki na vya Kirumi viliichukulia vibaya, kama jina. Jina la Kandake limetokana na jinsi neno lilivyotumika katika Agano Jipya (Mdo 8:27). Lohwasser, Angelika (1999). "Die Frau im antiken Sudan" (PDF). uk. 131. Dan&#39; Kahn, El. ""The Queen Mother in the Kingdom of Kush: Status, Power and Cultic Role"". in: M. I. Gruber, A. Brenner, M. Garsiel, B. A. Levine, M. Mor (eds.),TESHURA LE-ZAFRIRA: Studies in the Bible, the History of Israel, and the Ancient Near East Presented to Zafrira Ben-Barak of the University of Haifa, (Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University Press, 2012) *61 – *68.. https://www.academia.edu/3049911/_The_Queen_Mother_in_the_Kingdom_of_Kush_Status_Power_and_Cultic_Role_.