Sultanate (Noun)
Meaning
Country or territory ruled by a sultan.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The sultanate of Oman is an independent country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
- In the 8th century, the Sultanate of Damascus was an important center of Islamic culture and trade.
- Zanzibar was a semi-autonomous sultanate within the colony of Kenya until 1963.
- Aceh was a powerful sultanate in northern Sumatra during the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Brunei has been a Muslim sultanate in Southeast Asia since the 14th century.