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sanjak.

A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsandʒak/UK
  1. A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.

  2. Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.

    historical · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).

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