flag, banner
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<administrative division>
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Byzantine Greek | |
| lexeme | βάνδον | |
| meaning 1 | battle standard | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | subdistrict of the Byzantine thema | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Derived from the Gothic bandwō 'sign, token', The term was used already in the 6th century, mentioned by Procopius, as a term for a battle standard, and soon came to be applied to the unit bearing such a standard itself. From the reign of Nikephoros I (802–811) it was the name for a subdistrict of the Byzantine thema. Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). "Bandon". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. p. 250 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | banner | |
| meaning 1 | flag, banner | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | administrative division in certain Asian countries | Autonomous banner. |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_(administrative_division) |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | sancak | |
| meaning 1 | flag, banner | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | administrative division in Ottoman Empire between vilayet and kaza | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 750 | |
| comment | ||
Cf. also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_(administrative_division)