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Webster 1913 Edition

Sultana

Sul-ta′na

,
Noun.
[It.]
1.
The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
2.
pl.
A kind of seedless raisin produced near
Smyrna
in Asiatic Turkey.
Sultana bird
(Zool.)
,
the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under
Gallinule
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sultana

SULTA'NA

Definition 2024

sultana

sultana

See also: sultāna and sultānā

English

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 of a sultan

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References

  1. ↑ “sultana” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Italian

Noun

sultana f ‎(plural sultane) (masculine: sultano)

  1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

  1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

Etymology

1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

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