Zillah

[zilә]

Definition

(n.) A district or local division, as of a province.

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Definition

n. the technical name for the administrative districts into which British India is divided each of which has in the older provinces a Collector (or Collector and Magistrate combined) a Sessions Judge &c. and in the newer provinces such as the Punjab and British Burma a Deputy Commissioner.

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