khanate

Everyday

1. A khanate is a land or state ruled by a khan, a ruler of Mongol or Turkic peoples. tree →
2. It also means the power or rule of a khan. tree →

In the lessons

Met in history lessons about Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire, the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate; it tells the reader the place was a kingdom ruled by a khan. Phrases: the Crimean Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, a powerful khanate.

Examples

• The Mongol Empire split into several khanates. tree →
• The Crimean Khanate lasted for more than three hundred years. tree →
• Each khanate had its own khan. tree →
• Our history book shows a map of the Golden Horde khanate. tree →
• The khanate collected taxes from the towns it ruled. tree →
• Moscow was once forced to pay tribute to a khanate. tree →
• Kazan was the capital of a khanate. tree →

Note

Countable noun: one khanate, two khanates. It is built from «khan» + «-ate», like «sultanate» or «emirate». Say «a khanate» (the k sounds hard). Do not confuse «khan» (a ruler) with the ordinary word «can».