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liwan [lee-wahn] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- iwan.
Origin of liwan Arabic līwan Persian; see iwan Examples from the Web for liwan Historical Examples of liwan
It is the university, and its Liwan or prayer chamber is the largest in Cairo, there being 380 columns carrying its roof.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4
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On the southern side of the court is the liwan, an arrangement for which the houses of Damascus are noted.
Bayard Taylor
Opposite the liwan is a large room paved with marble, with a handsome fountain in the centre.
Bayard Taylor
And with that the two left the white court and returned to the liwan, where the Prince of Mosul awaited them.
William Stearns Davis