Kaza

//ˈkaza// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subdistrict, particularly (historical) a third-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.

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kaymakamlik

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قضا (kaza, “division of a sanjak”), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “jurisdiction, court circuit”), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to decide, to judge”).

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