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wilayah

wilayah is the alternative spelling of wilaya.

Meaning of wilaya

Noun

wilaya (plural wilayas or wilayat)

  1. a province or administrative division in some Arabic countries
    • 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.2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104

Forms of wilayah

pluralwilayahs
pluralwilayat

Questions about wilayah

What is wilayah the alternative spelling of?
Wilayah is the alternative spelling of wilaya.

Words near wilayah in the dictionary

  1. Wil.
  2. wila
  3. Wilamowice
  4. wilamowitzianus
  5. wilaya
  6. wilayah
  7. wilayahs
  8. wilayas
  9. wilayat
  10. wilayats
  11. wilayet

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