Definitions for vilayet

vilayet vi·la·yet

Spelling: [vee-lah-yet]
IPA: /ˌvi lɑˈyɛt/

Vilayet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in vilayet (aeiltvy).

Definitions for vilayet

noun

  1. a province or main administrative division of Turkey.

Origin of vilayet

1865-70; Turkish Arabic wilāyah

Examples for vilayet

At one time the famous Midhat Pasha was the governor of this vilayet.

Eyalet, ī′a-let, n. a division of the Turkish Empire—vilayet.

Creatures of night and the silence, the gray apes of vilayet were voiceless.

The headwaters of the main arm of the Tigris have their source in the vilayet.

My father, as you know, was missionary in the vilayet of Trebizond many years ago.

I broke for the east, and finally reached the edge of the marshes that border this part of vilayet.

But there is no horse west of vilayet that can distance Irem for long.'

There are nearly 3,000 villages in the vilayet but no large cities.

They were on their way to work in a mine in the vilayet of Aidin.

Kaimakam, kī-ma-kam′, n. a lieutenant-colonel in the Turkish army: the administrator of a subdivision of a vilayet.

Word Value for vilayet
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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