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单词 mahalla
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mahallan.

Brit. /məˈhalə/, U.S. /məˈhælə/
Forms: 1800s– mhalla, 1900s– mahalla, 1900s– mehalla, 1900s– m'halla. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic maḥalla.
Etymology: < Moroccan Arabic maḥalla (also colloquial meḥalla, mḥalla) mobile camp for ruler's troops on campaign < Arabic maḥalla stopping place, encampment.
1. Esp. in Morocco: a temporary encampment for a mobile military force.
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1874 tr. G. Rohlfs Adventures Morocco vii. 112 I was conducted to the mhalla or camp.
1874 tr. G. Rohlfs Adventures Morocco viii. 135 Between this country-seat and New Fez is usually the Mhalla, i.e. encampment of the army.
1908 F. Moore Passing of Morocco vii. 75 The army left camp..and marched out fifteen miles to a m'halla, or Moorish camp.
2. An expeditionary unit of the Moroccan Army.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun]
companyc1325
compartment1590
brigade1637
detachment1678
contingent1728
unit1861
crowd1901
crush1904
mahalla1906
outfit1909
mob1916
serial1941
1609 R. C. True Hist. Disc. Muley Hamets Rising sig. C4v He caused..euery Mule to be set two souldiers with their furniture, and so..to be with all hast possible sent and ioyned to the Almohalla of Alkeid Mustefa.]
1906 ‘E. Aubin’ Morocco of To-day viii. 91 The Makhzen..were forced to send a mahalla (an expeditionary column) of 2500 men to the valley of the river Innaouen.
1970 J. Waterbury Commander of Faithful i. 23 The hajib was in charge of food and bedding..while the maḥalla moved about the country.
1986 Encycl. Islam (new ed.) V. 1221/1 The Moroccan maḥalla comprised elements of the three corps of the regular army.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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