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Divan logo #10101) Armless sofa 2) Backless couch 3) Backless furniture 4) Backless seat 5) Backless settee 6) Backless sofa 7) Bedstead 8) Big sofa 9) Bunk bed 10) Camp bed 11) Collection of poems 12) Couch 13) Couch in a boudoir 14) Couch with no back 15) Cradle 16) Crib 17) Cushioned piece of furniture 18) Double bed
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Divan logo #10101) Couch 2) Diwan 3) Settee 4) Sofa
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Divan logo #21000[furniture] A divan (Turkish divan, originally from Persian devan) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in the UK, a box-spring based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor or upon a raised structure or frame...
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Divan logo #21002• (n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. • (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are...
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divan logo #21358A long couch or sofa without back or arms and often set against a wall. The word 'divan' is Turkish, and both the divan and the ottoman seat (from which the divan developed) are based on Turkish state furniture.
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divan logo #21003in Islmic societies, a `register,` or logbook, and later a `finance department,` `government bureau,` or `administration.` The first divan appeared ... [7 related articles]
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divan logo #10444A long couch or sofa without back or arms and often set against a wall. The word 'divan' is Turkish, and both the divan and the ottoman seat (from which the divan developed) are based on Turkish state furniture.
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Divan logo #21269largest member of the saz family, about 140cm.
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Divan logo #21217Originally, in England, a divan was a coffee house where smoking was the chief attraction.
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divan logo #20400[n] - a Muslim council of state 2. [n] - a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) 3. [n] - a Muslim council chamber or law court 4. [n] - a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
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divan logo #20974diwan noun a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author)
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divan logo #21199a sofa or couch, usually without arms or back, often usable as a bed. · a long, cushioned seat, usually without arms or back, placed against a wall, as in Oriental countries. · a council of state in Turkey and other countries of the Middle East. · any council, committee, or commission. · (in the Middle East) · a council...
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divan logo #21751Council of senior military officers during the Ottoman period.
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