vilayet
英 [vɪlɑ:'jet]
美 [vɪlɑ'jet]
- n. （古土耳其帝国的）省或主要行政区
英语词源
- vilayet (n.)
- "province of the Turkish empire," 1869, from Turkish, from Arabic wilayah "province," from wali "governor," from waliya "he reigned, governed."