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.

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