> Also the Czars of Russia. Yep. "Czar" = "Caesar". Likewise "Kaiser" in the Ger... | Hacker News

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		Turing_Machine on March 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV > Also the Czars of Russia. Yep. "Czar" = "Caesar". Likewise "Kaiser" in the Germanic regions. The British monarch was called "Kaisar-i-Hind" by Hindi-speaking people, when the subcontinent was controlled by the British.

PontifexMinimus on March 16, 2024 [–]

Incidently, the last Caesar (the Czar of Bulgaria until 1946) is still alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

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