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Noun: sultanate  'súl-tu,neyt or 'súl-t(u)n,eyt
  1. Country or territory ruled by a sultan
    "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"

Derived forms: sultanates

Type of: country, land, state

Encyclopedia: Sultanate