name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sultana
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
General-American: /ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/
-
General-American: /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/
-
Australian: /ˌsɔlˈtɐː.nə/
-
rhymes with -ɑːnə
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: golden raisin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A wife or mistress of a sultan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sultaness, consort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A female ruler of a sultanate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sultaness, queen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A type of viol, a cither viol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An old form of necklace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
dried seedless grape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seedless raisin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: raisin
noun
Meaning 9
pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vinifera grape
History
Etymology
1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness. Doublet of sultan and soldan.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 苏丹娜 — type of raisin
- Dutch: sultana — type of raisin
- Esperanto: sultanino — type of raisin
- Finnish: sulttaanirusina — type of raisin
- French: raisin de Smyrne — type of raisin
- German: Sultanine — type of raisin
- Greek: ξανθή σταφίδα (xanthí stafída) — type of raisin
- Hindi: सुल्ताना (sultānā) — type of raisin
- Hindi: सुलताना (sultānā) — type of raisin
- Irish: sabhdánach — type of raisin
- Italian: uva sultanina — type of raisin
- Japanese: スルタナ — type of raisin
- Macedonian: суво грозје (suvo grozje) — type of raisin
- Romanian: sultanină — type of raisin
- Russian: кишми́ш (kišmíš) — type of raisin
- Spanish: sultanina — type of raisin
- Turkish: çekirdeksiz üzüm — type of raisin
- Finnish: sulttaanitar — wife or mistress of a sultan
- French: sultane — wife or mistress of a sultan
- German: Sultana — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Hindi: सुल्ताना (sultānā) — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Hindi: सुलताना (sultānā) — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Irish: bansabhdán — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Irish: bean sabhdáin — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Italian: sultana — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Malay: sultanah — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Marathi: सुल्ताना (sultānā) — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Portuguese: sultana — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Romanian: sultană — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Spanish: sultana — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Turkish: sultan — wife or mistress of a sultan
- Finnish: sulttaanitar — female ruler of a sultanate
Real reading context