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divan

di·van [ di ván ] (plural di·vans)


noun 
Definition:
 
1.  [ di ván, dī ván ] backless sofa: a sofa without a back, and sometimes without arms

2. smoking room: in former times, a smoking room attached to a coffee shop or cigar shop

3.  [ di ván, dī ván, di vn ] poetry Arabic poems: a collection of poems written in Persian or Arabic, often by a single poet

[Late 16th century. Via French or Italian< Turkish dīvān< Persian dīvān]
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