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Liwa or Liwa' is an Arabic term meaning ensign. The word has developed various other meanings in Arabic:
- a banner, in all senses (flag, advertising banner, election publicity banner, etc.)
- a district, see also: banner (country subdivision)
- 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
Liwa was used interchangeably with the Turkish term " Sanjak" in the time of the Ottoman Empire. After the fall of the empire, the term was used in the Arab countries formerly under Ottoman rule. It was gradually replaced by other terms like qadaa and mintaqa and is now defunct. It is only used occasionally in Syria to refer to the Hatay Province, ceded by the French mandate of Syria to Turkey in 1939, at which time was known as Liwa' Iskenderun.
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Liwa may refer to:
Līwa ( / ALA-LC: laywah) is a traditional dance of African origin performed in Eastern Arabia ( Arab states of the Persian Gulf), mainly within communities of descendants of people from the Swahili Coast ( Tanzania and Zanzibar). It is also performed by the African-descended Sheedi community, as well as the Baloch of Pakistan's Makran Coast and Karachi area.
Liwa - is a river in northern Poland, a tributary of the Nogat. The largest tributary of the Liwa is the Palemon canal. In the upper reaches of the river there are numerous hydropower plants. The total length of the river is 118,5 km while the biggest city on the Liwa is Kwidzyn.
Usage examples of "liwa".
He was straight out of the desert, from a survey down by the Liwa Oasis, and I didn't recognize him at first.
He is known from the Persian Gulf to the Hadhramaut, from Muscat on the Indian Sea to the waterholes of the Rub al Khali and the Liwa Oasis as a great man and the friend of all the Bedou.
In New York: Pan American Airlines, most particularly their librarian Liwa Chiu.