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wilayah

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

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wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)

  1. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
    • 2016, Brian L. Steed, ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 146:
      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.
    • 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
      The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.

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From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

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wilayah

  1. territory

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From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [wilajah]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧la‧yah

Noun edit

wilayah (first-person possessive wilayahku, second-person possessive wilayahmu, third-person possessive wilayahnya)

  1. territory, area or region

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From Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

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wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah, informal 1st possessive wilayahku, 2nd possessive wilayahmu, 3rd possessive wilayahnya)

  1. (politics) territory, area or region
  2. (Kelantan, Pattani) changwat, a province of Thailand

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