different between mikado vs sultana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??k??d??/
• Rhymes: -??d??

Noun

mikado (plural mikados)

1. (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan

   Synonym: tenno

3. a game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack

   Synonym: pick-up sticks

4. a fabric having a stiff twill weave

Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  Our great Mikado, virtuous man,

  When he to rule our land began,

  Resolved to try a plan whereby

  Young men might best be steadied.

Related terms

• Chrysanthemum Throne

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?mi.ka??do?/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

1. mikado, pick-up sticks (game of skill)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?mi?ka?.do?/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan

Esperanto

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (mikado).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?kado/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do
• Rhymes: -ado

Noun

mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)

1. mikado

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ka.do/

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
3. mikado (game of skill)

Further reading

• “mikado” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Japanese

Romanization

mikado

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?kado/, [mi?ka.ð?o]

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. mikado

English

Etymology

1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l?t??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l?tæ.n?/, /?s?l?t?.n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

   Synonym: (American English) golden raisin

2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.

   Synonym: sultaness

3. A female ruler of a sultanate.

   Synonym: sultaness

4. A type of viol, a cither viol.
5. An old form of necklace.

Derived terms

• sultana bird

Translations

See also

• odalisque

References

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

Italian

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul?ta?na/

Noun

sultana f

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: re?ina

Usage notes

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

Spanish

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sultana/
• Hyphenation: sul?ta?na

Etymology

From Malay sultana, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (sul??na).

Noun

sultana (masculine sultan)

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler of islamic sultanates
2. (historical) The female ruler of the Islamicized sultanate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Sultanate of Sulu.

   Synonyms: reyna, dayang, sultan, hari, raha, raja, ladya, lakan, datu

See also

• reyna
• dayang
• sultan
• Gat
• poon
• Panginoon