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

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

sultana (plural sultanas)

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

type of raisin

wife or mistress of a sultan

female ruler of a sultanate

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sultana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • IPA(key): /sulˈta.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tà‧na

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

  1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

sultana f

  1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one
    Synonym: reġina

    • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

      Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
      - bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
      hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
      Sultana tal-ħolqien.

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /suwˈtɐ̃.nɐ/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ̃.nɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /suwˈtɐ.na/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ.na]
  • Hyphenation: sul‧ta‧na

sultana f (plural sultanas)

  1. sultana (wife of a sultan)
  • IPA(key): /sulˈtana/ [sul̪ˈt̪a.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: sul‧ta‧na

sultana f (plural sultanas, masculine sultán, masculine plural sultanes)

  1. sultana

Borrowed from Spanish sultana.

sultana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ)

  1. sultana (mother, wife, or daughter of the sultan)
  2. sultana (a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape)
  • “sultana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018