vilayet

[ vee-lah-yet ]

/ ˌvi lɑˈyɛt /

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noun

a province or main administrative division of Turkey.

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Also eyalet.

Origin of vilayet

1865–70; <Turkish <Arabic wilāyah

Words nearby vilayet

Vikings, Viking spacecraft, vil., Vila, Vila Nova de Gaia, vilayet, vile, vilification, vilify, vilipend, vill

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How to use vilayet in a sentence

His fleets of purple-sailed war galleys had made Vilayet an Hyrkanian lake.
The Devil in Iron|Robert E. Howard
There are nearly 3,000 villages in the Vilayet but no large cities.
Supplement to Commerce Reports Daily Consular and Trade Reports|Leslie A. Davis
The capital of the vilayet, also called Basra, is situated in 47 34′ E. long.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
Another curious provisional is one for Gumuldjina (Fig. 337) in the vilayet of Adrianople.
The Postage Stamp in War|Fred. J. Melville

Sanjak, san′jak, n. an administrative subdivision of a Turkish vilayet or eyalet.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vilayet

vilayet

/ (vɪˈlɑːjɛt) /

noun

a major administrative division of Turkey

Word Origin for vilayet

C19: from Turkish, from Arabic wilāyat, from walīy governor

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