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wilaya en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet and wilayat.

Meanings

1. a province or administrative division in some Arabic countries
   • The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures. 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

Forms

Relateds

vilayet · wilayat

Translations (6)

es wilaya (province in some Arabic countries) · de Wilaya (province in some Arabic countries) · ms wilayah (province in some Arabic countries) · ca wilaya (province in some Arabic countries) · pl wilaja (province in some Arabic countries) · fr wilaya (province in some Arabic countries)