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单词 governorate
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governoraten.

Brit. /ˈɡʌvn̩ərət/, /ˈɡʌvənərət/, U.S. /ˈɡəv(ə)nərət/, /ˈɡəv(ə)nəˌreɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: governor n., -ate suffix1.
Etymology: < governor n. + -ate suffix1, after consulate n., etc.In use with reference to administrative subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire and of Arabic-speaking countries, after the Ottoman Turkish and Arabic etymons of vilayet n.
In senses relating to governor n. 6a.
1. An administrative subdivision of a country or empire, esp. one headed by a governor. Cf. government n. 9.Chiefly designating provinces of the Ottoman Empire and administrative divisions of the Russian Empire (both now historical), and administrative subdivisions of Arabic-speaking countries.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun]
shirec893
provincea1382
diocesea1513
government1554
exarchate1570
ethnarchy1602
exarchy1656
governorate1884
negeri1958
1884 Times 9 Oct. 5/1 It is necessary to introduce energy into the governorate.
1899 Standard 8 Apr. 4/2 Suakim will form a separate Governorate.
1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 176 In every administrative province, but the Russian governorate of Erivan, and every great town but three, it is in a conspicuous minority.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 412/1 Kena..is the Mudirieh, or Governorate town, of the province which embraces Luxor.
1938 N. Bentwich Solomon Schechter: Biogr. ii. 24 His parents had migrated from..the Governorate of Volhynia in Russia.
1996 Economist 24 Feb. (Lebanon Survey Suppl.) 17/1 At Taif, it was agreed that the constituencies should be based on the muhafaza or governorate, Lebanon's largest administrative division.
2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 151 Hussein calls Kuwait the branch that must be returned to the tree, the nineteenth governorate of Iraq.
2. The official residence of a governor. Now historical and rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > official residence of
seneschalsy1652
government house1762
governorate1930
1890 W. M. F. Petrie Jrnl. June in Q. Statem. Palestine Explor. Fund Oct. 243 Next morning, at ten, I went again to the Governorate, but neither Kaimakam, nor any other officials were there.
1930 G. K. Chesterton Four Faultless Felons 25 The gardens round the Governorate.
1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze xvi. 402 The block of flats behind the Governorate [at Port Said].
1994 Z. Lockman Workers & Working Classes in Middle East iv. 91 Cairo craftsmen bearing the tools and symbols of their trades..paraded past the governorate each year.
3. The office or position of governor. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > position or function of
regimenta1393
rectorshipa1616
government1617
rulership1625
ruleship1654
ealdormanry1870
governorate1939
1939 R. Forbes Unicorn in Bahamas xiv. 137 Its capital is Dunmore Town, called after the cautious Earl who..held the Governorate of the Bahamas from 1786 to 1797.
1962 Economist 17 Nov. 673/1 Another..is in the running for one or two important governorates.
2001 P. M. Cobb White Banners ii. 12 Not infrequently, the same person held the governorate of both regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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