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‖ vilayet|vɪˈlɑːjɛt| Also wilayet. [Turkish, ad. Ar. welāyeh, -yet district, dominion.] A province of Turkey (formerly of the Turkish empire) ruled by a vali, or governor-general.
1869Times 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. 1880Fortn. Rev. Feb. 174 An honest man is sent to introduce reforms into some vilayet. 1884Pall 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. |