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sul·tan·a
(sŭl-tăn′ə, -tä′nə)n.
1.
a. The wife, mother, sister, or daughter of a sultan.
b. The mistress of a sultan.
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 sulṭān; see sultan.]
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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
[C16: from Italian, feminine of sultano sultan]
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sul•tan•a
(sʌlˈtæn ə, -ˈtɑ nə)n., pl. -tan•as.
1. a small, seedless raisin.
2. a wife, concubine, or female relative of a sultan.
[1575–85; < Italian, feminine of sultano sultan]
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Noun | 1. | sultana - 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 |
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Translations
زَبِيبزَبيب بدون بُذورسُلْطانَه
sultánka
sultanakone
rusinasulttaanirusina
grožđica
kona/systir/dóttir soldánsrúsína, kúrenna
スルタナ
씨 없는 건포도
bezkauliņu rozīne
sultanrussin
ลูกเกดชนิดไม่มีเมล็ด
kuru üzümhanım/valide sultan
nho khô
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sultana2
(səlˈtaːnə) noun a type of small, seedless raisin.
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sultana
→ زَبِيب sultánka sultana Sultanine σουλτανίνα pasa sultana rusina raisin sec grožđica uva sultanina スルタナ 씨 없는 건포도 rozijn sultanrosin rodzynki sułtanki passa branca кишмиш sultanrussin ลูกเกดชนิดไม่มีเมล็ด kuru üzüm nho khô 无核小葡萄Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009