(formerly) a province of the Ottoman Empire, now known as a vilayet
eyalet in American English
(ˌeijɑːˈlet)
noun
a province or main administrative division of Turkey; vilayet
Word origin
[1850–55; ‹ Turk eyalet ‹ Ar iyālat]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloakroom, ethos, ethylene, heavyweight, segue