kaza
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noun
- A subdistrict, particularly (historical) a third-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
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From Ottoman Turkish قضا (kaza, “division of a sanjak”), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “jurisdiction, court circuit”), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to decide, to judge”).
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