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wilayas

wilayas is the plural 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

Questions about wilayas

What is wilayas the plural of?
Wilayas is the plural of wilaya.

Words near wilayas in the dictionary

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

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