sultana

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Recent Examples of sultana The palate reveals rich sultanas and apricot fruit, alongside creamy vanilla. Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 Flavors are complex and rich and include sultanas and shortbread. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 However, sultanas are generally sweeter and softer than their darker counterparts. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 Per 100-g serving, raisins and sultanas are similar in calories, protein, and sugars. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 It is finished with hints of honey, and encountered with a soft, lingering finish reminiscent of plump sultanas and ripe cherries. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024 In another example of Islamic women rulers’ reach, a century after Zumurrud, Shajar al-Durr ruled independently as the sultana of Egypt, albeit for only three months. Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022 Due to an 18th-century mania for all things Turkish, the French trendsetter Madame de Pompadour (left) chose to be painted as a sultana. Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 1 July 2021 Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island’s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule. New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultana
Noun
  • Attracting everyone from sultans and princes to Charlie Caplin and Winston Churchill in its glory days, Impérial Palace is still the place to be more than a century later—and the views don’t get better than the top floor Imperial Suite, where a terrace shows off 360-degree vistas of Lake Annecy.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
  • Following his armies’ conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman sultan Mehmed II famously transformed the Hagia Sophia, built as a Christian church, into a mosque.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The prince had problems reaching Balmoral, as communication with the rest of the family was limited.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
  • Amid Warnings Tears as Amal Clooney Honors Girl Who Rejected 'Child Bride' Path The young prince was enthusiastically greeting royal fans at the start Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations when Charlotte reached over to pull his hand down.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 17 June 2020
Noun
  • And, instead of having an exclusive party after her Saturday night performance, Charli turned up to Daniel’s DJ set at the festival’s San Remo bar, dancing until 2 a.m. with the masses — in a way that the Glasto princess only can.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 June 2025
  • Nowadays, the pint-size pop princess splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Some still support the family of the shah, the U.S.-backed leader deposed during the 1979 revolution that brought the current ruling clergy to power.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • In October 1979, President Jimmy Carter agreed to allow the shah to come to the U.S. to seek advanced medical treatment.
    Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Doorn’s most famous citizen at the time was Wilhelm II, the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, who was living there in exile.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
  • King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Fought from 1701 to 1714, the conflict centered on who would inherit the Spanish throne after the Habsburg king Charles II died without an heir.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
  • The Oklahoma City Thunder are the new kings of the NBA.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Trump spoke with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, bringing to the table Israel's agreement to a ceasefire, the diplomat said.
    Chelsea Chan, NBC news, 24 June 2025
  • Al Nusra’s emir for the area, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Tunisi, forced the Druze to issue a statement from representatives of the various villages agreeing to renounce their religion.
    Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015

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“Sultana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultana. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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