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muhafazah

Today it means: An administrative division in many Arab countries; a governorate or province. Full definition →

Arabic مُحَافَظَة

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Arabic · derived fromمُحَافَظَة
English todaymuhafazah

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.