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noun
A subdistrict, particularly (historical) a third-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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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