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khanate

American  
[kah-neyt, kan-eyt] / ˈkɑ neɪt, ˈkæn eɪt /

noun

  1. the area governed by a khan.


khanate British  
/ ˈkæn-, ˈkɑːneɪt /

noun

  1. the territory ruled by a khan

  2. the position or rank of a khan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of khanate

First recorded in 1790–1800; khan 1 + -ate 3

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Example Sentences

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While most had no long-term success, they kept the khanate in turmoil until it splintered into small states in the mid-fourteenth century.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

One morning I visited a village of herders in the Zhongar Alatau, a northern stretch of the Tian Shan named for the last nomadic khanate to rule over the steppes of western China.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019

So, Kublai focused instead on extending the power and range of his own khanate, which already included Mongolia, Korea, Tibet, and northern China.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

From the Turks it won control of that Mongol relic, the khanate of Crimea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mahomed Yakoob was born in or about the year 1820, in the flourishing little town of Piskent, in the khanate of Khokand.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

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