Sultana
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Sultana has multiple meanings:
- Sultana (grape) is a variety of white seedless grape, especially in its dried form as a type of raisin
- Sultana (title) is a common Western styling for the wife of a Sultan
- Sultana (village) is a place in Rajasthan, India
- Sultana is commonly used throughout Middle Eastern countries as a popular female name
- Sultana bird is another name for the Purple swamphen
- Sultana is the name of a Turkish hip hop musician
- Sultana (bandit), a notorious dacoit at Najibabad in Western Uttar Pradesh in the early 20th century
Several ships are named Sultana:
- Admiral ship of the Ottoman Navy during the Battle of Lepanto, 1570.
- HMS Sultana, a Royal Navy schooner that patrolled the American coast from 1768 — 1772
- The Sultana, the first ship from the Sultanate of Oman to visit the New World bearing the personal greetings and the representative of Sultan Sayyid Said ibn Sultan in 1840
- The Sultana, a passenger ship which transported Irish immigrants from Liverpool, England to New York City in 1843
- Sultana (steamboat) that exploded and sank in 1865 killing 1,700 people
- Sultana is a reconstruction of the 1768 schooner which was launched in 2001 at Chestertown, MD