muhafazah

English

Etymology

Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), from حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to keep and guard”).

Noun

muhafazah (plural muhafazahs or muhafazat)

1. An administrative division in many Arab countries; a governorate or province.

Translations

administrative division

• Arabic: مُحَافَظَة (ar) f (muḥāfaẓa)
• Czech: muháfaza f
• Polish: muhafaza (pl) f
• Russian: мухафаза (ru) f (mukhafaza)