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Definition of Sheikha
1. Noun. The wife of a sheik.
Definition of Sheikha
1. the chief wife of a sheik [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheikha
Literary usage of Sheikha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt in Transition by Sidney Low (1914)
"The women, however, may be said to have their own commandant, in the person of
the sheikha, a female of discretion and mature years appointed to control ..."
2. Rambling Recollections by Henry Drummond Wolff (1908)
"They suggested that a woman called the sheikha, well known for her powers of
divination, ... The sheikha then came in, wearing a very thick yashmak, ..."
3. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot: Containing Descriptions of the Suez by William James Lloyd Wharton, John Phillips, Great Britain Hydrographic Office, Great Britain Admiralty (1900)
"... composed of sand, with a depth of about 16 feet, on which the French transport
Dives touched, is stated to lie abont 3 miles off-shore, with sheikha ..."
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