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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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History
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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