n. [ It. ] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sultana bird (Zool.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under Gallinule. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. sultanat. ] 1. The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The territory ruled by a sultan. Syn. -- soldanrie. [ PJC ]