zilla
/ˈzɪlə
/(also zillah)
noun
An administrative district in India, containing several parganas: [as modifier]: the zilla parishad...
- A hundred metres from our farm, a village tank was de-silted recently by the zilla panchayat.
Origin
From Persian and Urdu żila‘ 'division'.
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