mintaqah

English

Etymology

From Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “area”).

Noun

mintaqah (plural manatiq)

1. (Arabic term, politics administration) A first-level country subdivision used in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries.

Usage notes

• The term mintaqah is often translated as region or, in Saudi Arabia, as province; however, the literal meaning is simply area. Translating mintaqah as province can cause confusion, due to the fact that the term wilayah — another Arabian first-level country subdivision — is usually translated as province.

See also

• baladiyah
• imarah
• muhafazah
• mudiriya
• qadaa
• shabiyah
• wilayah