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Definition of Sultana
1. Noun. Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
2. Noun. Dried seedless grape.
Definition of Sultana
1. n. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
Definition of Sultana
1. Noun. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape ¹
2. Noun. A female relative of a sultan ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sultana
1. a sultan's wife [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sultana
Literary usage of Sultana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"said the sultana, in a voice whose clear and silvery tones I still remember, ...
said the Duke of Orleans, addressing the sultana, who shook her head, ..."
2. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"Rukia sultana Begam, *ii>, ... months deposed by the nobles, and his sister
sultana Hazia was placed on the throne on the 19th of November the same year. ..."
3. Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: With Appendix by Ontario Royal Nickel Commission, George Thomas Holloway (1917)
"The sultana east property is about half a mile east of the sultana, on lots 6 and 7.
in the first concession of Trill township. There are some small pits on ..."
4. History of Turkey by Alphonse de Lamartine (1857)
"The second was the sultana Tarkan, Greek also by birth, brought up with predilection
by the ... was but a pliant plaything in the hands of this sultana. ..."
5. Turkey Old and New: Historical, Geographical and Statistical by Elizabeth Stone (1880)
"He was sustained by the patronage of the favourite sultana, ... The Persian
campaign of 1548 had been undertaken at the instigation of the sultana, ..."
6. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1825)
"Few objects were so acceptable to her in the shape of presents, as articles of
clothing; and we find in this Letter that even the sultana Mother at ..."
7. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History by Henry Ellis (1824)
"Few objects were so acceptable -to her in the shape of presents, as articles of
clothing; and we find in this Letter that even the sultana Mother at ..."
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