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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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