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
The chief district is the vilayet of Yemen; and the product reaches the outside world mainly through the port of Aden, although before the war much of this coffee was exported through Hodeida.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
In the vilayet of Van it is estimated by Colonel Severs Bell that the Christians outnumber the Moslems by 80,000, the entire population being estimated at 340,000.
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 Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The richest portion of the vilayet lies east of the capital in the rolling plains watered by tributaries of the Tigris.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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 Louisa Jebb
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