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governorate
governorate
English
Alternative forms
Noun
governorate (plural governorates)
Usage notes
Primarily used as translation of foreign terms, notably Arabic محافظَة (“muhafazah”). Historically also Russian губе́рния (gubérnija, “guberniya”) and губернаторство (gubernatorstvo) of Imperial Russia and Spanish gobernacion of Imperial Spain, among others.