sultana
Plural: sultanas
Noun
- A sultan's wife, mother, or daughter; a type of raisin.
- pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine
- dried seedless grape
- A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
- A wife or mistress of a sultan.
- A female ruler of a sultanate.
- A type of viol, a cither viol.
- An old form of necklace.
Examples
- Playing SULTANA on the board felt like a royal move, securing a high score.
Origin / Etymology
1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness.
Synonyms
seedless raisin, golden raisin, sultaness
Scrabble Score: 7
sultana: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsultana: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sultana: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
sultana: valid Words With Friends Word