English Explanatory Dictionary

nahiyah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A local administrative division consisting of a number of small towns or villages in some Muslim countries, including (historical) parts of Europe under the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

nahiyah nahiyahs nahiya nahiye

Etymology

From Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya, “region, district; local administrative division”) directly and via cognates in other languages such as Ottoman Turkish ناحیه (nâhiye).

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