vilayet

American  

[vee-lah-yet] / ˌvi lɑˈyɛt /

noun

1. a province or main administrative division of Turkey.

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vilayet British  

/ vɪˈlɑːjɛt /

noun

1. a major administrative division of Turkey

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Etymology

Origin of vilayet

1865–70; < Turkish < Arabic wilāyah

Example Sentences

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

GHADAMES, Gadames or Rhadāmes, a town in an oasis of the same name, in that part of the Sahara which forms part of the Turkish vilayet of Tripoli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

It was ruled by a pasha, and gave place to the vilayet on the reorganization of the empire in 1871.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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 Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

The closing of the medical fields threw our entire force into the general relief of the vilayet of Harpoot, which the relieving missionaries had well named their "bottomless pit."

From A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work by Barton, Clara