Antonyms for sultana


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhl-tan-uh, -tah-nuh
Phonetic Transcription : sʌlˈtæn ə, -ˈtɑ nə


Definition of sultana

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Italian sultana, fem. of sultano (see sultan).
  • As in ruler : noun historically, person who ruled an area
  • As in lady : noun woman
Example sentences :
  • Chop also a dozen pippins, and two pounds of sultana raisins.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Sultana raisins, naturally seedless, are made from Sultanina and the Sultana.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • These rags will become cloth of gold on the body of the Sultana of Sultanas.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • These were in turn offered to the Caliph and the Sultana by their surrounding attendants.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Yes, you will be a sultana, but I—I shall be dead and I shall never see you again.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • Roused like the Sultana Scheherazadê, and forced into a story.
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama » by E. Cobham Brewer
  • Yes, it is so,” answered the sultana; “but what wilt thou make of that?
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Story Book » by Wilhelm Hauff
  • He bowed to her as deferentially as to a sultana, when he made his answer.
  • Extract from : « Theo » by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Yes, you will be a sultana,—but I shall be dead, and I shall never see you again.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • We looked from the boudoir of the Sultana, the Chosen of the Harem.
  • Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou

Synonyms for sultana

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