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# khanate

noun (a khanate, khanates)

«khanate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A khanate is a land or state ruled by a khan, a ruler of Mongol or Turkic peoples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#m1)
2. It also means the power or rule of a khan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in history lessons about Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire, the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate; it tells the reader the place was a kingdom ruled by a khan. Phrases: the Crimean Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, a powerful khanate.

### Examples

- The Mongol Empire split into several khanates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x1)
- The Crimean Khanate lasted for more than three hundred years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x2)
- Each khanate had its own khan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x3)
- Our history book shows a map of the Golden Horde khanate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x4)
- The khanate collected taxes from the towns it ruled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x5)
- Moscow was once forced to pay tribute to a khanate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x6)
- Kazan was the capital of a khanate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun: one khanate, two khanates. It is built from «khan» + «-ate», like «sultanate» or «emirate». Say «a khanate» (the k sounds hard). Do not confuse «khan» (a ruler) with the ordinary word «can».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «khanate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khanate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«khanate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/khanate.html) on Mova free.