sultana
Portuguese, noun/suwˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
sultana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sultana (wife of a sultan)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sultana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesultana (wife of a sultan)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sultana
- sultanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sultana?
- Brazil /suwˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
- Brazil [suʊ̯ˈtɐ̃.nɐ]
- Portugal /sulˈtɐ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sultana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sultana in Portuguese?
sultana appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).