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Definition of vilayet in English: vilayetnoun vɪˈlɑːjɛtˌvēləˈyet (in Turkey, and formerly in the Ottoman Empire) a major administrative district or province with its own governor. Example sentencesExamples - Mesopotamia, as the three vilayets or provinces of Basra, Baghdad and the predominantly Kurdish Mosul that make up modern day Iraq were then known, had been the easternmost part of the Ottoman Empire for several centuries.
Origin Turkish, from Arabic wilāya(t) 'government, administrative district'. Definition of vilayet in US English: vilayetnounˌvēləˈyet (in Turkey, and formerly in the Ottoman Empire) a major administrative district or province with its own governor. Example sentencesExamples - Mesopotamia, as the three vilayets or provinces of Basra, Baghdad and the predominantly Kurdish Mosul that make up modern day Iraq were then known, had been the easternmost part of the Ottoman Empire for several centuries.
Origin Turkish, from Arabic wilāya(t) ‘government, administrative district’. |