sultana
Americannoun
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sultanas
plural
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a small, seedless raisin.
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a wife or a concubine of a sultan.
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a sister, daughter, or mother of a sultan.
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a mistress, especially of a king or other royal personage.
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Also called old amethyst. a deep purplish-red color.
noun
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the dried fruit of a small white seedless grape, originally produced in SW Asia: used in cakes, curries, etc; seedless raisin
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the grape itself
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Also called: sultaness. a wife, concubine, or female relative of a sultan
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a mistress; concubine
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Etymology
Origin of sultana
1575–85; < Italian, feminine of sultano sultan
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Danieli Taralli, handmade in Bitonto just west of Bari where the heel of Italy’s boot begins, are ultra-flaky and come in three flavors: mild traditional, more assertive fennel, and savory sweet onion and sultana raisin.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
The triple dry-hopped brew is made with mosaic, citra and sultana Hops.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2020
What is wrong with the humble raisin, sultana and cherry?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2020
For years she has been the bovine sultana of his model dairy farm in Lower Austria.
From Time Magazine Archive
They tumbled, balanced and gyrated, cavorting comically across the laden tabletops without upsetting as much as a single sultana.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
“Those are not currants or sultanas or raisins in the scones,” he said when he handed me the bag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Entering from the south, an alleyway of stalls selling sultanas, ersatz fashion and caged songbirds gave onto an arcade of butchers’ shops.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
We were actually doing all the currants that Tesco sold in their supermarkets - every packet was made by us: mixed fruit and sultanas.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2020
"Mickey was given IV fluids as raisins, sultanas and currants can cause kidney failure," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2018
The raisins issued in India, resembling the sultanas of the Levant.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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