di·van 
(dĭ-vän, -văn)
(dĭ-vän, -văn)n.
1. A long backless sofa, especially one set with pillows against a wall.
2. (also dī-văn)
a. A counting room, tribunal, or public audience room in Muslim countries.
b. The seat used by an administrator when holding audience.
c. A government bureau or council chamber.
3. (also dī-văn) A coffeehouse or smoking room.
4. (also dī-văn) A book of poems, especially one written in Arabic or Persian by a single author.
[French, from Ottoman Turkish dīvān, from Persian, archive, chancery, government office, poet's divan, from Middle Persian dīwān, collection of documents, archive, from Old Persian *dipivahanam, document house : dipi-, writing, inscription (from Akkadian ṭuppu, clay tablet for cuneiform writing, from Sumerian dub) + vahanam, house; see wes-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
divan- Cassiopeia
- cassis
- cassiterite
- Cassius Longinus
- Cassius Marcellus
- Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
- Cassius Marcellus, Jr.
- cassock
- cassone
- cassoulet
- cassowary
- cast
- cast about
- cast about (or around)
- Castagno
- castanet
- cast around
- castaway
- caste
- Castel Gandolfo
- castellan
- castellated
- castellation
- caster
- castigate