"wilaya" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-wilaya.flac Forms: wilaya [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|وِلَايَة}} Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya), {{root|sw|ar|و ل ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} wilaya, {{sw-noun|n}} wilaya (n class, plural wilaya)
  1. district (area or region) Wikipedia link: sw:wilaya Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (place): Polities
    Sense id: en-wilaya-sw-noun-Ab1qnUXC Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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