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zillah
[ zil-uh ]
/ ˈzɪl ə /
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noun
(in British India) any of the districts into which a province was divided for administrative purposes.
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Origin of zillah
1790–1800; <Hindi zila<Persian ẓilaʿ<Arabic ḍilʿ part
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Zillah
[ zil-uh ]
/ ˈzɪl ə /
noun
one of the two wives of Lamech. Genesis 4:19.
Origin of Zillah
From Hebrew Ṣillāh, possibly “shadow”
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