governorate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of governorate
Example Sentences
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Families fleeing fighting in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi in Taiz governorate in Yemen's southwest took refuge at Al-Bareen camp for the internally displaced on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Bahrain’s interior ministry said Iran targeted fuel tanks at a facility in Muharraq governorate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
According to his official STC biography, he was raised in southwest Yemen's rugged Dhale governorate and later entered the Faculty of Air Force and Air Defence in Aden -- then the capital of South Yemen.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
Eleven of them are located in Gaza City governorate and one is in North Gaza governorate.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
They followed us at last into the governorate, and sat down on the hall carpet with the air of men who know what fun the future holds.
From The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy
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