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vilayet

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vi⋅la⋅yet

  [vee-lah-yet]
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–noun
a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
Also, eyalet.

Origin:
1865–70; < Turk < Ar wilāyah
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vi·la·yet   (vē'lä-yět')   
n.  An administrative division of Turkey.

[Turkish vilāyet, from Arabic wilāya, province, from waliya, to administer; see wly in Semitic roots.]
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