Liwan
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thumb|right|350px|An architectural drawing of a typical Levantine house, with the liwan area in grey. Liwan (, , from Persian ) is a long narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal in ancient and modern Levantine homes that is often open to the outside. An Arabic loanword to English, it is ultimately derived from the Persian , which preceded by the article al ("the"), came to be said as in Arabic, and later, English.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Types of liwan houses
- Three-arched house or Central Hall House
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|right|350px|An architectural drawing of a typical Levantine house, with the liwan area in grey. Liwan (, , from Persian ) is a long narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal in ancient and modern Levantine homes that is often open to the outside. An Arabic loanword to English, it is ultimately derived from the Persian , which preceded by the article al ("the"), came to be said as in Arabic, and later, English.
In its simplest form, the history of the liwan dates back more than 2,000 years, when the liwan house was essentially a covered terrace, supported by retaining walls, with a courtyard in front.
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