khanate
khanate
Definition
khan·ate (kän′āt′, kan′-)
noun
the area ruled over by a khan
khanate
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- annex: Catherine the Great annexed the Tartar khanate of Crimea and acquired parts of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Adjective modifier
- several: Later thei Empire dissvolved to several khanates, subsiquently conquered by Russians from the 16th century.
