governorate

English

Alternative forms

• governate

Etymology

From governor +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvə(ɹ)nəɹət/

Noun

governorate (plural governorates)

1. 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) (teeh)
• Korean: 주지사 (jujisa)
• Romanian: guvernorat n
• Russian: губерна́торство (ru) n (gubernátorstvo)
• Swedish: provins (sv) c, guvernement (sv) n
• Zazaki: wılayet f