SULTANAS

Noun

sultanas

plural of sultana

Proper noun

Sultanas

plural of Sultana

Source: Wiktionary


SULTANA

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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