Definition of Sheika

1. Noun. The wife of a sheik.

Exact synonyms: Sheikha
Generic synonyms: Married Woman, Wife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheika

sheetsmen
sheety
sheeve
sheeves
shegetz
shegetzes
shegging
sheggings
shehe
shehes
shehita
shehitah
shehitahs
shehitas
sheik
sheika (current term)
sheikdom
sheikdoms
sheikh
sheikha
sheikhas
sheikhdom
sheikhdoms
sheikhs
sheiks
sheila
sheilas
sheild
sheiling
sheilings

Literary usage of Sheika

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Meanwhile a revolt bad broken out in the southern provinces, headed by sheika Mohammed Ahmed oí' ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... in the neighborhood of Gondar and sheika, where they pursue agriculture and trade. They are more industrious than the Christians, but also more ignorant ..."

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