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Meanings of divan in English

Spanish
diván

Type of reception hall.

        diván
        Usage of divan in English
        1
        She grew sleepy, and leaned back in the corner of the divan.
        Bertha Garlan
        2
        He grovelled on the divan heavy in thought and with pendent arms.
        Theresa Raquin
        3
        Fauvette sank back on the divan and lay there in sullen defiance.
        Possessed
        4
        He threw himself on the divan in a fit of nervous laughter.
        The Precipice
        5
        The bullets were flying through the government divan, and along the approach.
        Ismailia
        6
        The words came from the divan, from the dry lips of Cuckoo.
        Flames
        7
        Then her bag, the beaded one on the end of the divan.
        The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
        8
        They looked and found one of the animals crouched under the divan.
        From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
        9
        He pointed towards a wall lined with divan beds, fairly ordinary looking.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Here and there a divan and couch showed elaborate care in comfort.
        54-40 or Fight
        11
        From the divan he strolled to the tavern and had his chops.
        The Queen of Hearts
        12
        This evening I shall judge him and his crew in full divan.
        Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make ...
        13
        The gentleman on the divan was a powerful specimen of an American.
        The American
        14
        She sat drooping on the divan, her face buried in her hands.
        Tarrano the Conqueror
        15
        Ben-Hur flung himself on the divan and gave way to his feelings.
        Ben-Hur
        16
        Helen had arisen from the divan when the two men came together.
        32 Caliber
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        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
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