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- Liwa_(Arabic) comment "Liwa or Liwa' (Arabic: لواء) is an Arabic term meaning district, banner, or flag, a type of administrative division. It was interchangeable 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.".