governorate

• governate

From governor +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvə(ɹ)nəɹət/

governorate (plural governorates)

1. The territory governed by a governor; a province.

Primarily used as translation of foreign terms, notably Arabic محافظَة (“muhafazah”). Historically also Russian губе́рния (gubérnija, “guberniya”) and губернаторство (gubernatorstvo) of Imperial Russia and Spanish gobernación of Imperial Spain, among others.