vilayet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vilayet
1865–70; < Turkish < Arabic wilāyah
Example Sentences
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The council of the vilayet*; of Constantinople appointed a commission to rename certain villages and districts which have a Greek or Byzantine name.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had letters of introduction to Ferid Pasha, then Vali of the Konia vilayet and since Grand Vizier of Constantinople.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
Shortly thereafter, however, there arose in the Bagdad vilayet such opposition to this transaction that the deputies from that province threatened to withdraw from Parliament.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
It is included in the vilayet of Van, in which, according to the latest estimates, there are 80,000 Syrian Christians.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
It forms, with the islands of Psara, Nikaria, Leros, Calymnus and Cos, a sanjak of the Archipelago vilayet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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