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sultana

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sul·tan·a  (sl-tn, -tän)
n.
1.
a. The wife, mother, sister, or daughter of a sultan.
b. The mistress of a sultan, king, or prince.
2.
a. Any of various green seedless grapes, especially the Thompson seedless, used in producing raisins and a white wine.
b. The often yellow raisin made from this grape.

[Italian, feminine of sultano, sultan, from Arabic suln; see sultan.]

sultana
Noun
1. the dried fruit of a small white seedless grape
2. a sultan's wife, mother, daughter, or concubine [Italian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sultanasultana - pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine
vinifera grape - grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe
2.sultana - dried seedless grape
raisin - dried grape
Translations

sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (fruit) → pasa de Esmirna
sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (= fruit) → raisin (sec) de Smyrne
sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] nSultanine f
sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (fruit) → uva (secca) sultanina

sultana2
n sultana [səlˈtaːnə]
a type of small, seedless raisin. sultanaزَبيب بدون بُذورстафидаsultánkasultanadie Sultanineσταφύλι σουλτανίναpasa de Esmirnasmürna rosinكشمش بي دانهsulttaanirusinaraisin sec de Smyrneצִימוּקसुलतानाvrsta velikih grožđica bez košticamazsolakismisrúsína, kúrenna(uva) sultanina*干しぶどう씨 없는 건포도의 일종smulki besėklė razinabezkauliņu rozīnesultanasultanarozijn(liten) steinfri rosinsułtanka (rodzynek)sultanastafidăкишмишsultánkarozina brez pečkvrsta suvog grožđasultanrussinไม่มีเมล็ดkuru üzüm無核小葡萄幹кишмишایک قسم کی بے بیج کی کشمشnho xuntan萄干

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The blow was so heavy that his mind almost gave way, and he declared that he was quite sure that at bottom all women were as wicked as the sultana, if you could only find them out, and that the fewer the world contained the better.
She usually sat passive, buried in a low sofa, like a Sultana Valide, awaiting or admiring her Ginevra, her pride, her life.
There was the young lady who 'did' the poetry in the Eatanswill GAZETTE, in the garb of a sultana, leaning upon the arm of the young gentleman who 'did' the review department, and who was appropriately habited in a field-marshal's uniform--the boots excepted.
 
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