vilayetn.
/vɪˈlɑːjɛt/, U.S. /ˌviləˈjɛt/ A province of Turkey (formerly of the Turkish empire) ruled by a vali, or governor-general.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under specific governors in Turkish empire
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despotee1656
hospodariat1833
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vilayet1869
1869 Times 15 Oct. Those Ottoman subjects who have passed an examination..will be admitted for three years as boarders to the Lyceum in each chief town of a vilayet.
1880 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 174 An honest man is sent to introduce reforms into some vilayet.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Apr. 3/1 Everything seems to be going as well in the late Vilayet of the Danube as it is going ill in the Pashalik of the Nile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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