Liwa (Arabic)
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Liwa (Arabic)
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Liwa has developed various meanings in Arabic: a banner, in all senses
a district; see also: banner
a level of military unit with its own ensign, now used as the equivalent to brigade
an officer commanding a number of liwa units, now equivalent to a major general In Turkish, liva was used interchangeably with sanjak to describe the secondary administrative divisions into which the provinces of the Ottoman Empire were divided. After the fall of the empire, the term was used in the Arab countries
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Meaning district, banner, or a military rank
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liwa_(Arabic)
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2024-03-10T11:35:04Z
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