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sultana

Syllables: sul·ta·na/ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/US/ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/

sultana noun: a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

sultana: a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape
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Noun

sultana (plural sultanas)

  1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
    Synonyms:
    golden raisin
  2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.
    Synonyms:
    sultaness, consort
  3. A female ruler of a sultanate.
    Synonyms:
    sultaness, queen
  4. A type of viol, a cither viol.
  5. An old form of necklace.

Proper noun capitalized: Sultana

Sultana (countable and uncountable, plural Sultanas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.

sultana meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sultana in Hindi

type of raisin
सुल्ताना sultānā, सुलताना sultānā
wife or mistress of a sultan
सुल्ताना sultānā, सुलताना sultānā

sultana in Tamil

இஸ்லாமிய வழக்கில் அரசி, துருக்கிநாட்டு அரசரின் தாய், துருக்கிநாட்டு அரசரின் மனைவி, துருக்கிநாட்டு அரசரின் மகள், அரச மாதேவி

sultana in Marathi

wife or mistress of a sultan
सुल्ताना sultānā

sultana in Urdu

منقہ
More languagesFewer languages
sultana in Bengali
সুলতানা śultana
sultana in Malay
sultanah

Synonyms of sultana

Forms of sultana

Noun
pluralsultanas
Proper noun
pluralSultanas

Origin of sultana

1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness. Doublet of sultan and soldan.

Words formed from sultana

Phrases with sultana

Words that rhyme with sultana

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Questions about sultana

What does sultana mean?
Sultana means a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
What is sultana in Hindi?
Sultana in Hindi is सुल्ताना (sultānā), सुलताना (sultānā). See Sultana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sultana?
Sultana can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sultana?
Sultana is pronounced /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/ (UK).
What is the plural of sultana?
The plural of sultana is sultanas.

Words near sultana in the dictionary

  1. Sultan Mastura
  2. Sultan Naga Dimaporo
  3. sultan tit
  4. sultan tits
  5. sultan's nose
  6. sultana
  7. sultana bird
  8. sultana birds
  9. sultanas
  10. sultanaship
  11. sultanaships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sultana (page history and authors); Sultana (page history and authors); sultana (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sultana (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সুলতানা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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