‖ vilayet
(vɪˈlɑːjɛt)
Also wilayet.
[Turkish, ad. Ar. welāye{suph}, -yet district, dominion.]
A province of Turkey (formerly of the Turkish empire) ruled by a vali, or governor-general.
| 1869 Times 15 Oct., Those Ottoman subjects who have passed an examination..will be admitted for three years as boarders to the Lyceum in each chief town of a vilayet. 1880 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 174 An honest man is sent to introduce reforms into some vilayet. 1884 Pall Mall G. 5 April 3/1 Everything seems to be going as well in the late Vilayet of the Danube as it is going ill in the Pashalik of the Nile. |