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- adjective From or pertaining to
Khiva . - noun Someone from
Khiva .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Khivan dismounted, and, bowing obsequiously, led the way through a high door-way constructed of solid timber.
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Here we may glance at the method by which Russia took firmer root on the shores of the Caspian, and established a commercial link with the Khivan region.
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough
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Steppe and the Khivan conquest, closed his eyes and was chief mourner at his grave.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Various 1888
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Hezar Asp; but it is only on reaching this latter place that the highly cultivated lands of the Khivan oasis are fairly seen.
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_simpatica_, and I must say I was greatly surprised, after all that has been written in Russian newspapers about the cruelties and other iniquities perpetrated by this Khivan potentate, to find the original such a cheery sort of fellow.
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