governorate

English

Alternative forms

governate

Etymology

governor +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvə(ɹ)nəɹət/

Noun

governorate (plural governorates)

The territory governed by a governor; a province.

Usage notes

Primarily used as translation of foreign terms, notably Arabic محافظَة‎ (“muhafazah”). Historically also Russian губе́рния (gubérnija, “guberniya”) and губернаторство (gubernatorstvo) of Imperial Russia and Spanish gobernación of Imperial Spain, among others.

Derived terms

sub-governorate
subgovernorate

Translations

territory ruled by a governor

Arabic: محافظة‎ (ar) f (muḥāfaẓa)
Azerbaijani: vilayət (az)
Esperanto: gubernio
Finnish: kuvernoraatti
French: gouvernorat (fr) m
German: Gouvernement (de) n
Hungarian: kormányzóság (hu)
Ido: gubernio (io)
Interlingua: governatorato
Italian: governatorato m
Japanese: 州 (ja) (shū)
Khmer: អាណាភិបាល (aa naa pʰibaaləy), ទេស (km) (teih)
Korean: 주지사 (jujisa)
Romanian: guvernorat n
Russian: губерна́торство (ru) n (gubernátorstvo)
Swedish: provins (sv) c, guvernement (sv) n
Zazaki: wılayet f