Iyasu
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Iyasu (Ge'ez ኢያሱ) is an Ethiopian name meaning Joshua. It can also mean Yasu (or Yashu), Yesu, or Jesu.
Various Ethiopian Emperors have used the name including:
- Iyasu I of Ethiopia (1682 - 1706)
- Iyasu II of Ethiopia (1730 – 1755)
- Iyasu III of Ethiopia (1784 – 1788)
- Iyasu IV of Ethiopia (1830 - 1832)
- Iyasu V of Ethiopia (1913 - 1916) (uncrowned and excommunicated by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, not referred to publicly as Iyasu V)

