sultana

See also: Sultana, sultāna, and sultānā

English

Etymology

1580s, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/, /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

A 1707 engraving of Sultana Zaffira, said to be one of the wives of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim I

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
2. A female sultan or wife or mistress of a sultan.
3. A female ruler of a sultanate
4. A kind of viol.
5. An old form of necklace.

Synonyms

• (female sense): sultaness
• (dried vine fruit): golden raisin (American English)

Derived terms

• sultana bird

Translations

raisin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苏丹娜

• Esperanto: sultanino
• Finnish: sulttaanirusina
• French: raisin de Smyrne m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ξανθή σταφίδα f (xanthí stafída)
• Irish: sabhdánach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: uva sultanina f
• Japanese: スルタナ
• Macedonian: суво грозје n (suvo grozje)
• Romanian: sultanină (ro) f
• Russian: кишми́ш (ru) m (kišmíš)
• Spanish: sultanina f
• Turkish: çekirdeksiz üzüm

female relative of a sultan

• Finnish: sulttaanitar
• Irish: bansabhdán m
• Italian: sultana f
• Malay: sultanah
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: सुल्ताना f (sultānā)
• Portuguese: sultana f
• Romanian: sultană (ro) f
• Turkish: sultan (tr)

See also

• odalisque

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

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Italian

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊlˈtaːna/

Noun

sultana f

1. feminine singular of sultan: a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: reġina

Usage notes

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

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Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

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Spanish

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana