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sul-TAHN-uh/sʌlˈtɑːnə/

A sultana is a small dried pale grape (UK), used in tea bread, porridge, and trail mix. A raisin is usually darker; US English often calls sultanas golden raisins. Currants are smaller and darker still. Countable as the little fruits (a handful of sultanas), and not a royal title here.

Meaning

A small dried pale grape, used in cakes, porridge, and trail mix (UK).

Examples

• “Stir a handful of sultanas into the porridge.”
• “This fruit cake is mostly sultanas, not glacé cherries.”
• “Pick the sultanas out of the muesli if you do not like them.”

Good to know

a sultana (UK dried grape). US: a golden raisin. Contrast: a raisin (darker) / a currant (smaller).

Near in meaning

golden raisin

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