khanate
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From khan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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khanate (plural khanates)
- The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, pages 5–6:
- By the middle of the nineteenth century Central Asia was rarely out of the headlines, as one by one the ancient caravan towns and khanates of the former Silk Road fell to Russian arms.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 505:
- Sviatoslav had his own imperial ambitions, which led him to take an aggressive interest in the Christian khanate of Bulgaria.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]place ruled by a khan
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