Nahiyah

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A local administrative division consisting of a number of small towns or villages in some Muslim countries, including (historical) parts of Europe under the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology

From Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya, “region, district; local administrative division”) directly and via cognates in other languages such as Ottoman Turkish ناحیه (nâhiye).

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