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| di·van [ di ván ] (plural di·vans) |
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1. [ di ván, dī ván ] backless sofa: a sofa without a back, and sometimes without arms
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2. smoking room: in former times, a smoking room attached to a coffee shop or cigar shop
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3. [ di ván, dī ván, di vn ] poetry Arabic poems: a collection of poems written in Persian or Arabic, often by a single poet
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| [Late 16th century. Via French or Italian< Turkish dīvān< Persian dīvān] |
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