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# sultan

noun (a sultan, sultans)

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

## Everyday

1. A sultan is a king or ruler in some Muslim countries, both in history and today, such as the Sultan of Brunei or the Sultan of Oman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#m1)
2. In history, the sultans of the Ottoman Empire ruled a huge empire from Istanbul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons you meet sultans in the Ottoman Empire, in stories of the Crusades (Sultan Saladin) and in tales like «One Thousand and One Nights». A country ruled by a sultan is a sultanate. Phrases: the Sultan of, sultan's palace, sultanate.

### Examples

- The sultan lived in a palace with beautiful gardens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x1)
- The Sultan of Brunei is one of the world's richest rulers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x2)
- Saladin was a famous sultan at the time of the Crusades. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x3)
- The Ottoman sultans ruled from Istanbul for centuries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x4)
- In the story, the sultan listened to a new tale every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x5)
- A country ruled by a sultan is called a sultanate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x6)
- The sultan's wife was called the sultana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x7)
- Oman is ruled by a sultan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x8)
- "The Sultan is welcome," he said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sultan/#x9)

### Note

Countable: one sultan, sultans. Capital S when used as a title (Sultan Suleiman). Trap: a «sultana» is a sultan's wife, mother or daughter, but also a kind of dried grape like a raisin (used in cakes and scones) — food, not royalty, in a recipe.

## On Mova

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