sultanate

noun

sul·tan·ate | \ˈsəl-tə-ˌnāt

Definition of sultanate

1 : a state or country governed by a sultan

2 : the office, dignity, or power of a sultan

Examples of sultanate in a Sentence

His sultanate ended in 1923.

Recent Examples on the Web

Over a roughly 100-year period ending in 1996, only 17 recorded cyclones struck the sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. — Washington Post, "Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman’s coast, kills 12-year-old girl," 25 May 2018 Over a roughly 100-year period ending in 1996, only 17 recorded cyclones struck the sultanate. — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, "Cyclone nears Oman’s coast, kills girl," 25 May 2018 The administration later set up a secret channel to meet with Iranian officials in the Arab sultanate of Oman. — Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, "A Financier’s Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea," 17 June 2018 The sultanate’s ports also have become a crucial lifeline to Qatar. — Washington Post, "Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies," 5 June 2018 The Obama administration lauded Oman’s contributions to the deal, but some of the sultanate’s neighbors view its policy toward Iran as too accommodating. — Jonathan Schanzer And, WSJ, "Oman’s Dangerous Double Game," 10 June 2018 Muscat, where Avicii died, is the capital of the sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. — Bloomberg.com, "Avicii, DJ-Producer Who Performed Around the World, Dies," 21 Apr. 2018 Flooding and damage remains considerable after the cyclone, the strongest-ever recorded to hit southern Oman and the sultanate’s third-largest city of Salalah. — Jon Gambrell, The Seattle Times, "Cyclone death toll in Oman, Yemen rises to at least 13," 28 May 2018 The Latest on the cyclone battering Oman and Yemen (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Police in Oman say Cyclone Mekunu has killed at least three people in the Gulf sultanate. — Fox News, "The Latest: Death toll from cyclone in Oman climbs to 3," 26 May 2018

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