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]

• 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). Doublet of Ulaya.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

wilaya class IX (plural wilaya class X)

1. district (area or region)