sultanate
noun
sul·tan·ate
ˈsəl-tə-ˌnāt 
1
: a state or country governed by a sultan
2
: the office, dignity, or power of a sultan
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His sultanate ended in 1923.
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Among those who suffered most were the Masalit, historically the main tribe in West Darfur and the descendants of a once powerful sultanate that resisted colonization into the 1920s.
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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
The Sulu sultanate ruled the islands in the Sulu Archipelago, which are part of Mindanao in today’s Philippines.
—Jenny Che, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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
The Sulu sultanate ruled the islands in the Sulu Archipelago, which are part of Mindanao in today’s Philippines.
—Jenny Che, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sultanate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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sultanate
noun
sul·tan·ate
ˈsəlt-ᵊn-ˌāt
1
: a state or country governed by a sultan
2
: the power or position of a sultan
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