wilaya
/wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə/noun
wilaya is spelled W-I-L-A-Y-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wilaya means “a province or administrative division in some Arabic countries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wilaya is wilayas or wilayat.
How many letters and syllables are in wilaya?
| Letters | 6: W-I-L-A-Y-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wilaya?
Wilaya appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wilaya?
- /wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wilayah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wilaya
- wilayas plural
- wilayat plural
- wilayah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wilaya mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a province or administrative division in some Arabic countries
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wilaya in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense province in some Arabic countries:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does wilaya come from?
Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet and wilayat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).