territory under the governance of the Islamic State (ISIS) is referred to them as officially being divided into wilayah, often translated into English as "province". An example is Islamic State – Khorasan Province. Central Asia and Caucasus The Persian word for province (velâyat) is still used in several similar forms in Central Asian countries: Provinces of Afghanistan (, wilāyat, plural: ولايتونه, wilāyatuna), subdivided into districts (, wuləswāləi or , wolaswālī) Regions of Tajikistan (singular: viloyat, plural: viloyatho), subdivided into districts (, nohiya or , raion) Regions of Turkmenistan (singular: welaýat, plural: welaýatlar), subdivided into districts () Regions of Uzbekistan (singular: viloyat, plural: viloyatlar), subdivided into districts () During the Soviet period the divisions of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were called oblasts and raions, using Russian terminology. In the Tsez language, the districts of Dagestan are also referred to as "вилайат" (wilayat), plural "вилайатйоби" (wilayatyobi). But the term "район" (rayon), plural "районйаби" (rayonyabi) is also used. Caucasus Emirate, a self-proclaimed successor state to the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, is divided into vilayats. South Asia In Urdu, the term Vilayat is used to refer to any foreign country. As an adjective Vilayati is used to indicate an imported article or good. In Bengali and Assamese, the term is bilat and bilati (archaic bilaiti), referring exclusively to Britain and British-made. The British slang term blighty derives from this word, via the fact that the foreign British were referred to using this word during the time of the British Raj. See also Vilayet References Arabic words and phrases Types of administrative division Malay language