sultanate

noun

Definition of sultanatenext
as in principality

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Recent Examples of sultanate 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for sultanate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultanate
  1. principality
  2. kingdom
  3. duchy
  4. republic
  5. emirate
  6. empire
  7. domain
  8. dominion
Noun
  • Dmitriy Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire and majority owner of the French football club AS Monaco, has been cleared of all criminal proceedings in Monaco, following a ruling by the principality’s Court of Appeal on February 27.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • These companies now generate some 30 percent of the principality’s revenues.
    — Eric B. Schnurer, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2015
Definition of principality
Noun
  • In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
    — Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of kingdom
Noun
  • Even in an era of kingdoms and duchies, nobody could afford a Bugatti Royale.
    — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of duchy
Noun
  • Since information is power, concentrating unprecedented data in the hands of a private entity with an explicit political agenda represents a profound challenge to the republic.
    — Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Take, for example, Trump’s mid-speech listing of the ages of people that the Social Security Administration believes to still be alive, including some seemingly as old as the republic itself.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of republic
Noun
  • Dubai Loop will cover the most congested areas of Dubai, the emirate's government media office said on X, the social platform owned by Musk.
    — Jana Choukeir and Yousef Saba, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The United Arab Emirates is aiming to connect all seven emirates through a 900-kilometer (559-mile) high-speed rail network.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of emirate
Noun
  • McKinley, after all, presided over America’s 1898 emergence as a colonial empire.
    — Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But building a criminal empire is expensive, and not just monetarily.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of empire
Noun
  • The Legislature doesn’t have control over property taxes, which are the domain of local governments.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Like Pac-Man, this domain closes around reactants and reopens to release products.
    — Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of domain
Noun
  • Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kanye West goes on another antisemitic rant, defends Diddy, declares ‘dominion’ over wife.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Definition of dominion

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