iwan
[ ee-wahn ]
noun
a vaulted portal opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture.
Origin of iwan
1From the Persian word īwān
- Also ivan [ee-vahn], /ˈi vɑn/, li·wan [lee-wahn] /ˈli wɑn/ .
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How to use iwan in a sentence
As answer I will give the finely just acknowledgment of iwan Bloch on this very question.
The Truth About Woman | C. Gasquoine HartleyI wish to refer to a point of special importance now, which I find is brought forward, in this connection, by iwan Bloch.
The Truth About Woman | C. Gasquoine HartleyNext year, too, there came a son and heir; whom they called iwan, in honor of his Russian Great-grandfather.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleYou ask me what I think of the death of poor iwan, and of the person who ordered it.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of Chesterfieldiwan, son of prince Anthony Ulric, of Russia, massacred in prison by his keepers.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
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