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vilayet

/vee-lah-yet/US // ˌvi lɑˈyɛt //UK // (vɪˈlɑːjɛt) //

维拉耶特,维拉伊特,维拉叶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a province or main administrative division of Turkey.

Examples

  • His fleets of purple-sailed war galleys had made Vilayet an Hyrkanian lake.

  • There are nearly 3,000 villages in the Vilayet but no large cities.

  • The capital of the vilayet, also called Basra, is situated in 47 34′ E. long.

  • Another curious provisional is one for Gumuldjina (Fig. 337) in the vilayet of Adrianople.

  • Sanjak, san′jak, n. an administrative subdivision of a Turkish vilayet or eyalet.