different between monarch vs sultana

English

Etymology

From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek ???????? (monárkh?s), variant of ???????? (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from '????? (mónos, “only”) + ????? (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?k/, /?m?n??k/

Noun

monarch (plural monarchs)

1. The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene II, line 25.

     Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.

2. The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
3. (Aboriginal English) A police officer.
   • 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 41:

     ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’

4. (often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
5. The chief or best thing of its kind.

Usage notes

See monarchy.

Synonyms

• (ruler): autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, Führer, potentate, sovereign, tyrant

Hyponyms

• (ruler): emperor, empress, king, queen

Derived terms

• African monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
• Biak monarch (Symposiachrus brehmii))
• frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)
• golden monarch (Carterornis chrysomela)
• monarch flycatcher (Monarchidae spp.)
• monarchical
• monarchism
• monarchist
• monarchy

Translations

References

• Monarch butterfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Danaus plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

A monarch can have any of the following titles:

• emperor/empress
• king/queen
• prince/princess
• grand duke/grand duchess

Anagrams

• chroman, nomarch

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch monarcha, from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek ???????? (monárkh?s), variant of ???????? (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from '????? (mónos, “only”) + ????? (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??n?rx/
• Hyphenation: mo?narch
• Rhymes: -?rx

Noun

monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

1. monarch

Derived terms

• monarchaal
• monarchie
• monarchvlinder

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