wilaya

English

Alternative forms

• wilayah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet and wilayat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

wilaya (plural wilayas or wilayat)

1. a province or administrative division in some Arabic countries
   • 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

     The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.

Related terms

• vilayet
• wilayat

Translations

province in some Arabic countries

• Catalan: wilaya f
• French: wilaya (fr) f
• German: Wilaya
• Malay: wilayah (ms)
• Polish: wilaja f
• Spanish: wilaya f

Further reading

• wilaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Alternative forms

• willaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.la.ja/

Noun

wilaya f (plural wilayas)

1. wilaya (administrative division in some African and Asiatic countries)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈlaʝa/ [w̝iˈla.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈlaʝa/ [w̝iˈla.ʝa] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈlaʃa/ [w̝iˈla.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈlaʒa/ [w̝iˈla.ʒa] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈlaja/ [w̝iˈla.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: wi‧la‧ya

Noun

wilaya f (plural wilayas)

1. wilaya (administrative division in some African and Asian countries)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of Ulaya.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /wiˈlɑ.jɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

wilaya class IX (plural wilaya class X)

1. district (area or region)