muhafazah

English

Etymology

Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), from حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to keep and guard”).

Noun

muhafazah (plural muhafazahs or muhafazat)

An administrative division in many Arab countries; a governorate or province.

Translations

administrative division

Arabic: مُحَافَظَة (ar) f (muḥāfaẓa)
Czech: muháfaza f
Polish: muhafaza (pl) f
Russian: мухафаза (ru) f (mukhafaza)

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