Synonyms of sultanate

sultanate

noun

as in principality

Related Words

• principality
• kingdom
• republic
• duchy
• emirate
• empire
• domain
• dominion
• sovereign
• dukedom
• democracy
• dictatorship
• monarchy
• realm
• province
• nation-state
• seigniory
• oligarchy
• theocracy
• settlement
• city-state
• state
• mandate
• dependency
• commonwealth
• colony
• monocracy
• ministate
• nation
• microstate
• country
• trust territory
• soil
• homeland
• condominium
• fatherland
• land
• sovereignty
• superpower
• great power
• world power
• client state
• motherland
• sea power
• welfare state
• power

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sultanate

Using hundreds of elephants to haul artillery, Cornwallis invaded Mysore and carved up the sultanate. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

This includes Russia and the tiny oil and gas sultanate of Brunei, said Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

After the Cold War ended, ASEAN expanded to include Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as the tiny sultanate of Brunei, increasing the salience of Southeast Asia as a geopolitical entity. — Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025

Meanwhile, embassies, sultanate palaces, and colonial villas have been steadily restored, including Perdicaris Villa in Rmilat, a 70-hectare urban forest, and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in the former casbah prison, dedicated to the north Moroccan postwar canon of abstract painters. — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023