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English
Noun
wilaya (plural wilayas or wilayat)
- Alternative form of wilayah
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
Noun
wilaya f (plural wilayas)
- wilayah (administrative division in some African and Asiatic countries)
Spanish
Noun
wilaya f (plural wilayas)
- wilayah (administrative division in some African and Asiatic countries)
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
wilaya class IX (plural wilaya class X)
- district (area or region)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 310-311 Nr. 2990