sultanate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sultanate in British English:
UK [ˈsʌltəneɪt]
How to pronounce sultanate in American English:
US [ˈsʌltəˌnet]
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- Noun:
- country or territory ruled by a sultan
Word Origin
- sultanate (n.)
- 1794, from sultan + -ate (1).
Example
- 1. In 1968 the sultanate was abolished and a republic inaugurated with nasir as president .
- 2. Two of the sultanate and the oil share in the border dispute remains to be resolved .
- 3. But the twin problems of the succession and the transition to a post-oil economy mean that even this tranquil sultanate cannot ignore the arab spring .
- 4. Southern sudan now control most of the fields , the field belonged to the sultanate of unity .
- 5. Following invasions from central asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries , much of north india came under the rule of the delhi sultanate , and later the mughal empire .