SULTANA

sultana

(noun) pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sultana (plural sultanas)

A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

Synonym: golden raisin (American English)

A female sultan or wife or mistress of a sultan.

Synonym: sultaness

A female ruler of a sultanate.

Synonym: sultaness

A kind of viol.

An old form of necklace.

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

Proper noun

Sultana (plural Sultanas)

A surname.

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

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sultana is the 9373rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3471 individuals. Sultana is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

Source: Wiktionary


Sul*ta"na, n. Etym: [It.]

1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.

2. pl.

Definition: A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. Sultana bird (Zoöl.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under Gallinule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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