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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 [sʌlˈtɑːnə]
n
1. (Cookery)
a.  the dried fruit of a small white seedless grape, originally produced in SW Asia: used in cakes, curries, etc.; seedless raisin
b.  the grape itself
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called sultaness a wife, concubine, or female relative of a sultan
3. a mistress; concubine
[from Italian, feminine of sultano sultan]
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
1. (esp Brit) → pasa f sultana
2. (= person) → sultana f

sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (= fruit) → raisin m de Smyrne

sultana
n
(= person)Sultanin f
(Brit: = fruit) → Sultanine f

sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (fruit) → (uva) sultanina
sultana [sʌlˈtɑːnə] n (fruit) → (uva) sultanina

sultana2
n sultana [səlˈtaːnə]
a type of small, seedless raisin. sultana زَبيب بدون بُذور стафида sultánka sultana die Sultanine σταφύλι σουλτανίνα pasa de Esmirna smürna rosin كشمش بي دانه sulttaanirusina raisin sec de Smyrne צִימוּק सुलताना vrsta velikih grožđica bez koštica mazsola kismis rúsína, kúrenna (uva) sultanina 干しぶどう 씨 없는 건포도 smulki besėklė razina bezkauliņu rozīne sultana sultanarozijn (liten) steinfri rosin sułtanka (rodzynek) sultana stafidă кишмиш sultánka rozina brez pečk vrsta suvog grožđa sultanrussin ไม่มีเมล็ด kuru üzüm 無核小葡萄乾 кишмиш ایک قسم کی بے بیج کی کشمش nho xuntan 萄干

sultana زَبِيب سلطانة sultánka sultana Sultanine σουλτανίνα pasa sultana rusina raisin sec grožđica uva sultanina スルタナ 씨 없는 건포도 rozijn sultanrosin sułtanka passa branca кишмиш sultanrussin ลูกเกดชนิดไม่มีเมล็ด kuru üzüm nho khô 无核小葡萄


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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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