vilayet
Meaning
A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilayah and Blighty.
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