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vi·la·yet  (vlä-yt)
n.
An administrative division of Turkey.
[Turkish vilyet, from Arabic wilya, province, from waliya, to administer; see wly in Semitic roots.]
vilayet [vɪˈlɑːjɛt]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a major administrative division of Turkey
[from Turkish, from Arabic wilāyat, from walīy governor]
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6, 1914, the Turks might return to those three vilayets that were to become known as Iraq.
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The British then took the three vilayets of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra to form what is today Iraq.
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