Wilayah

//wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.

    "Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors."

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"Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors."

Etymology

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

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