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‖ zillah|ˈzɪlə|
Also zilla.
[Hind. ḍilah side, part, district, division.]
An administrative district in British India. zillah parishad: see parishad.
1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Char. 24 Within the zilla, or district of Calcutta. 1810T. Williamson E. Ind. Vade Mecum II. 493 In each of the zillahs, or districts, only a collector, with an assistant, perhaps, was stationed. 1869Jrnl. Agric. Soc. India I. 398 The Zillah of Huzareebag.
attrib.1814Heyne Tracts on India 323 Punishments..executed..by the Zillah judge. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 340 Ahmedabad, 300 miles from Bombay, is a zillah station.
Hence ˈzilladar, the collector of a zillah.
1785Asiatic Misc. I. 409 The riots paid their revenues to the Ziladars in the produce of the lands. |