Vilayet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vilayet \Vi`la*yet"\, n. [Turk., from Ar. wil[=a]yah.]
     One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the
     Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[=a]lah.]
     Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of
     the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}.
     [1913 Webster]