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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BULDUR, or Burdur, chief town of a sanjak of the Konia vilayet in Asia Minor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Formerly a military post for the control of the Affech territory, and a telegraph station, it was in 1893 made the capital of the sanjak, instead of Hillah, on account of its more strategical position.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
CASSABA, a town of Asia Minor, in the sanjak of Manisa, 63 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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
It is not connected by a chaussee with any point outside its immediate province, but it has considerable importance as the administrative capital of a rich and isolated sanjak.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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