an administrative division of a country, esp. Egypt
Word origin
[1895–1900; governor + -ate3]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backstage, flamenco, hit-and-run, slapstick-ate is a suffix occurring orig. in nouns borrowed from Latin, and in English coinagesfrom Latin bases, that denote offices or functions (consulate; triumvirate; pontificate), as well as institutions or collective bodies (electorate; senate); sometimes extended to denote a person who exercises such a function (magistrate; potentate), an associated place (consulate), or a period of office or rule (protectorate). Joined to stems of any origin, -ate signifies the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official (caliphate; khanate; shogunate)
Examples of 'governorate' in a sentence
governorate
Stratified random sampling by governorate was utilized.
Mohamad Alameddine, Yara Mourad, Hani Dimassi 2015, 'A National Study on Nurses' Exposure to Occupational Violence in Lebanon: Prevalence,Consequences and Associated Factors.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4565636?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two high schools (representing males and females) from each governorate were selected.
Majed Almutairi 2018, 'Kuwaiti Youth Attitudes toward Archaeology', Internet Archaeologyhttp://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue47/9/index.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Between governorate differences could be driven by differences in conflict over the decade.
Anna Grace Tribble 2018, 'Comparing Iraqi Regional Differences on Infant Feeding through Breastfeeding and Formula',Kurdistan Journal of Applied Researchhttp://kjar.spu.edu.iq/index.php/kjar/article/view/189. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We analysed deaths by governorate and over time.
Debarati Guha-Sapir, PhD, Benjamin Schlüter, MSc, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, DrPH,Louis Lillywhite, MFOM, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, MD 2018, 'Patterns of civilian and child deaths due to war-related violence in Syria: a comparativeanalysis from the Violation Documentation Center dataset, 2011–16', Lancet Global Healthhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17304692. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We first conducted descriptive analyses at national and governorate levels.
Anton Camacho, PhD, Malika Bouhenia, MSc, Reema Alyusfi, MSc, Abdulhakeem Alkohlani,MSc, Munna Abdulla Mohammed Naji, MSc, Xavier de Radiguès, MD, Abdinasir M Abubakar,MS, Abdulkareem Almoalmi, BS, Caroline Seguin, Maria Jose Sagrado, MSc, Marc Poncin,PhD, Melissa McRae, FACEM, Mohammed Musoke, MMed, Ankur Rakesh, MPH, Klaudia Porten,Christopher Haskew, MBChB, Katherine E Atkins, PhD, Rosalind M Eggo, PhD, Andrew SAzman, PhD, Marije Broekhuijsen, MSc, Mehmet Akif Saatcioglu, MD, Lorenzo Pezzoli,PhD, Marie-Laure Quilici, PhD, Abdul Rahman Al-Mesbahy, BS, Nevio Zagaria, PGDip,Francisco J Luquero, PhD 2018, 'Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016–18: an analysis of surveillance data', Lancet Global Healthhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18302304. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One governorate represented each region.
Amal S. Ibrahim, Hussein M. Khaled, Nabiel NH Mikhail, Hoda Baraka, Hossam Kamel 2014, 'Cancer Incidence in Egypt: Results of the National Population-Based Cancer RegistryProgram', Journal of Cancer Epidemiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/437971. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The intra-governorate transport halt due to the sharp increase in transport cost caused prices at the farm gate to drop.
Adel Al-Weshali, Omar Bamaga, Cecilia Borgia, Frank van Steenbergen, Nasser Al-Aulaqi,Abdullah Babaqi 2015, 'Diesel Subsidies and Yemen Politics: Post-2011 Crises and their Impact on GroundwaterUse and Agriculture', Water Alternativeshttp://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol8/v8issue2/288-a8-2-11/file. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)