governorate
2
8.2
- noun
- /ˈɡʌvərnərɪt/
- Formal
:
gobernación
- The media outlets of Hezbollah and its allies have consistently complained that the multi-confessional electoral districts at the governorate level had previously led to the election of Christian parliamentary deputies by Sunni voters.
- Kirkuk governorate
- Upper governorate
- two governorates
Examples
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The teachers in the two governorates were similar, as the Ministry of Education assigns teachers randomly to governorates depending on the need.
Academic text (2014) -
Each governorate in the country has its own local regulations and administrative duties.
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A village in Asyut governorate, Upper Egypt, initially received about 500 "migrants."
Academic text (2005) -
Strong pressure from the younger generation of the Muslim Brothers in eight governorates forced the organization to return to street protests for the first time in years.
Academic text (2007) -
In the fifteen governorates of central and southern Iraq, it aids in the implementation of the government's electricity rehabilitation program.
Academic text (2003) -
Instead, I bought a piece of land from the governorate and built the house where I now live (Ibrahim, born 1936, Ismailiya).
Academic text (2005) -
To recruit the in-service teacher sample, we selected 12 schools randomly from two governorates.
Academic text (2014) -
Further changes occurred in the region in 1918 when the British army occupied the Mosul vilayet and created a new Arbil governorate.
Academic text (2007) -
Follow-up research in the Irbil and Kirkuk governorates suggests rates of FGM consistent with those in Garmian.
Academic text (2007) -
One of the authors conducted 81 interviews with migrants in either the places where they had settled after migration, like Zagazig, the capital city of Sharqiya governorate, or in the original cities and villages in the Canal cities to which they had returned.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A country or region that has its own government
949
1.0
A large area inside a country that has its own local government
209
3.0
A large area of a country with its own local government
145
2.1
An area of a country with its own local government, like in France
69
4.2
An area of a county with its own local government
63
4.4
A town or city that has its own local government and the people who run it
53
5.1
A part of a large city that has its own local council, like Brooklyn
7
7.9
An area of a country that a local official governs, for example in Japan or France
4
6.9
A small area of a country that has its own local government
1
9.8
An area with local government in countries like Russia or Ukraine
1
3.7
A region like a state or district that a government uses to run local services
1
4.5
A smaller area inside a district with its own local council
A country or area ruled by a person who represents a monarch
Compounds
- Archaic
A large area made of several provinces that a senior official leads with wide powers
How Big
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
209
3.0
- Formal
2
8.2
63
4.4
∞
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Governorate comes from the word governor, the same base as government. The root once meant 'to steer' or 'to guide', for example a pilot steering a ship, so a governor is someone who guides and rules a region and a governorate is the area they govern.