vilayet

American  

[vee-lah-yet] / ˌvi lɑˈyɛt /

noun

1. a province or main administrative division of Turkey.

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vilayet British  

/ vɪˈlɑːjɛt /

noun

1. a major administrative division of Turkey

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Etymology

Origin of vilayet

1865–70; < Turkish < Arabic wilāyah

Example Sentences

The council of the vilayet*; of Constantinople appointed a commission to rename certain villages and districts which have a Greek or Byzantine name.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had letters of introduction to Ferid Pasha, then Vali of the Konia vilayet and since Grand Vizier of Constantinople.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa

Shortly thereafter, however, there arose in the Bagdad vilayet such opposition to this transaction that the deputies from that province threatened to withdraw from Parliament.

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.

The closing of the medical fields threw our entire force into the general relief of the vilayet of Harpoot, which the relieving missionaries had well named their "bottomless pit."

From A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work by Barton, Clara

The headwaters of the main arm of the Tigris have their source in the vilayet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various