sultanate

• On the other side of Lake Tchad you come on another sultanate, that of Bowmon, and you then near the Gulf of Guinea. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
• In 1953, there was a brief, abortive attempt at a republican form of government, after which the sultanate was re-imposed.
• 'These are very much the first phase in a series of deals we've got planned and I'd like to stress that they're available at all Honda workshops and service centres across the sultanate,' added Wiseman. —  AME Info Latest News
• Early history traces the development of the Somali state to an Arab sultanate, which was founded in the seventh century A.D. by Koreishite immigrants from Yemen.
• But tourism is one of the highest-priority industries as the sultanate tries to diversify its economy: Government officials say the Blue City could double the number of visitors and increase tourism to a 4\% share of GDP by the time the first phase is complete, branding the little-known country as a major tourist alternative to Dubai (for more on country branding, see "Brand Egypt" in the June 2005 issue).

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