governorate

[guhv-er-ner-it, -nuh-reyt, -uh-ner-, -uh-nuh-]

noun

1. an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of governorate¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; governor + -ate ³

Example Sentences

The vehicles often had markings on their sides like ordinary refrigerator trucks used to bring groceries to market, remembered Muhammad Afif Naifeh, who worked in the funerary department of the Damascus governorate.

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Almost half of those attacks have been in Ramallah governorate, which encompasses Taybeh and a slew of communities contending with intensifying violence from settlement outposts — that is, encampments set up by settlers in rural parts of the West Bank that are illegal under Israeli law but often protected by the authorities.

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Since 14 August, more than 82,000 people have been newly displaced, many of whom have previously fled neighbouring North Gaza governorate, the UN says.

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Eleven of them are located in Gaza City governorate and one is in North Gaza governorate.

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That does not include numbers from hospitals located in the North Gaza Strip Governorate because of the difficulty of accessing the area, it adds.

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