like a pretty cool name to me... Negus ( Ge'ez ንጉሥ, nigūś , Amharic nigūs ; cf. Tigrinya ነጋሽ negāš ) is a title in Ge'ez , Tigrinya , Tigre and Amharic , used for a king and at times also a vassal ruler in pre-1974 Ethiopia and pre-1890 Eritrea .