wilaya

English

Noun

wilaya (plural wilayas or wilayat)

  1. Alternative form of wilayah.

French

Alternative forms

  • willaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.la.ja/

Noun

wilaya f (plural wilayas)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /w̝iˈlaʝa/ [w̝iˈla.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /w̝iˈlaʃa/ [w̝iˈla.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /w̝iˈlaʒa/ [w̝iˈla.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Noun

wilaya f (plural wilayas)

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).[1] Doublet of Ulaya.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

wilaya class IX (plural wilaya class X)

  1. district (area or region)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 310-311 Nr. 2990
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