sanjak
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sanjak
First recorded in 1530–40, sanjak is from the Turkish word sancak district (literally, flag, standard)
Example Sentences
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The sanjak is rich in mineral wealth; silver mines are worked at Balia and boracite mines at Susurlu.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Novibazar, capital of the sanjak of the same name, was taken by the Servians on October 23rd.
From A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict by Marshall, Logan
It forms, with the islands of Psara, Nikaria, Leros, Calymnus and Cos, a sanjak of the Archipelago vilayet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
I have confided my box of data, photographs, and plans, to the Reverend Wilbour Carew, an American missionary in the Trebizond sanjak.
From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge
The first reduction in size occurred in 1857, when some of the western portion of the vilayet was added to the newly created sanjak of Zor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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