"وِلاية جورْجْيا مَشْهورة."

Translation: The state of Georgia is famous.

[cjmeyer96]

Why do we say THE state here when there's no ال ?

[friendlynaveed]

Because it is a definite noun. You don't have to have ال to make it specific only.

e.g. ولايتي is My state
And ولايتك is your state
And ولايته is his state
And ولاية كاليفورنيا is The state of California
These are all definite nouns

While ولاية جميل is a beautiful state
And ولاية كبير is a big state
These are indefinite nouns.

I hope this helps. I have explained to the best of my knowledge.

[ShiloGeva]

And in this context, why isn't it pronounce "wilayat" but "wilaya"?

[Boujleba]

!!!فعلاً؟؟؟ انا اسكن فيها

[Sikeryali]

نعم

[Arancaytar]

Is "ولاية" less ambiguous than "state", or could this sentence refer to both the country and the US state depending on context?

[David272050]

What is Duo's obsession with Gorgia??

[Tinh1000000]

Perhaps one of the course contributors hails from there! :P

[FrancisRil1]

Not the city of Georgia is famous??

[Boujleba]

ولاية = State
مدينة = City

[yab401]

Could "georgia state is pretty" be accepted?

[yab401]

Famous, not pretty of course

[Tinh1000000]

“Georgia state” is not a valid translation (unless you want to refer to Georgia State University—even then, the better Arabic translation would be «جمعة ولاية جورجيا»).

[Tyler214389]

... For all the wrong reasons.

[soobee620]

The word وِلاية should be pronounced with a "t" at the end, right?

[Tinh1000000]

In anything outside of colloquial speech, yes. However, that is not the full story—nouns are declined based on their case, state, gender, and number. Read more on Wikipedia: Arabic nouns and adjectives

[Sygmoral]

It certainly is now, because of the 2020 presidential election!

[Mojgan1987]

The Georgia state?

[Tinh1000000]

The U.S state of Georgia.