Definition of Sanjak

1. n. A district or a subvision of a vilayet.

Definition of Sanjak

1. Noun. An administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) The governor of a sanjak; a sanjakbeg. (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sanjak

1. an administrative district of Turkey [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sanjak

1. A district or a subvision of a vilayet. Origin: Turk. Sanjag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanjak

sanitizable
sanitization
sanitizations
sanitize
sanitized
sanitizer
sanitizers
sanitizes
sanitizing
sanitoria
sanitorium
sanitoriums
sanity
sanity check
sanity checks
sanjak (current term)
sanjakbeg
sanjakbegs
sanjaks
sanjo
sanjuanite
sank
sankha
sankhas
sanko
sankos
sankyu
sankyuu
sanmartinite
sannamycin B glycyltransferase

Literary usage of Sanjak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"I understand that the designs of Austria may extend considerably beyond the sanjak and a punitive occupation of Servian territory. ..."

2. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"I understand that the designs of Austria may extend considerably beyond the sanjak and a punitive occupation of Servian territory. ..."

3. Anatolica: Or, The Journal of a Visit to Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities by Edwin John Davis (1874)
"... Steamer—Deck Passengers—Negro Slaves—Slavery in Egypt—The Sporades—Want of Wood— Sponge Fishery—Leros—Samos—Scio—Mastic—The Gulf of Smyrna—sanjak ..."

4. Anatolica; Or, The Journal of a Visit to Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities by Edwin John Davis (1874)
"... Steamer—Deck Passengers—Negro Slaves—Slavery in Egypt—The Sporades—Want of Wood— Sponge Fishery—Leros—Samos—Scio—Mastic—The Gulf of Smyrna—sanjak ..."

5. Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress by Francis Reginald Wingate (1891)
"... receives Gordon's orders to surrender —The capitulation of Omdurman—Famine in Khartum—The dead fill the streets—sanjak Omar Ibrahim deserts—Gordon sends ..."

6. The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal by Isabel Burton (1875)
"The sanjak Sherif is the flag used by the Caliph Omar, of conquering fame, and it is deposited in a huge gold etui (cordiform), which is borne upon the ..."

7. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"I understand that the designs of Austria may extend considerably beyond the sanjak and a punitive occupation of Servian territory. ..."

8. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"I understand that the designs of Austria may extend considerably beyond the sanjak and a punitive occupation of Servian territory. ..."

9. Anatolica: Or, The Journal of a Visit to Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities by Edwin John Davis (1874)
"... Steamer—Deck Passengers—Negro Slaves—Slavery in Egypt—The Sporades—Want of Wood— Sponge Fishery—Leros—Samos—Scio—Mastic—The Gulf of Smyrna—sanjak ..."

10. Anatolica; Or, The Journal of a Visit to Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities by Edwin John Davis (1874)
"... Steamer—Deck Passengers—Negro Slaves—Slavery in Egypt—The Sporades—Want of Wood— Sponge Fishery—Leros—Samos—Scio—Mastic—The Gulf of Smyrna—sanjak ..."

11. Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress by Francis Reginald Wingate (1891)
"... receives Gordon's orders to surrender —The capitulation of Omdurman—Famine in Khartum—The dead fill the streets—sanjak Omar Ibrahim deserts—Gordon sends ..."

12. The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal by Isabel Burton (1875)
"The sanjak Sherif is the flag used by the Caliph Omar, of conquering fame, and it is deposited in a huge gold etui (cordiform), which is borne upon the ..."

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