(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:34:44

E`ya-let" (?), n. [Turk.,fr. Ar.iyalah.]

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

 

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