province
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province¹
- /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑ.vɪns/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/ Boston, Canada, Maine
- /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/ Australia, Scotland
- /ˈpɹɒv.əns/ New Zealand
- [ˈpɹɔ̟v.əns] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒvɪns
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- (“forward”) + vinciō (“to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle”). Displaced Old English boldġetæl.
noun provinces
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. […] we should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified,—[…]—in the different great geographical provinces of the world.
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. Chowta-Zhin, who is ſaid to be a man of buſineſs and preciſion, and cautious of advancing facts, at the requeſt of Earl Macartney, delivered to him a ſtatement taken from one of the public officers in the capitol, of the inhabitants of the fifteen ancient provinces of China, or China proper, within
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An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.
Similar: eparchy
- An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.
- An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
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The parts of a country outside its national capital.
To-day the first part of the new Indian Constitution comes into force with the granting of a large measure of autonomy to the provinces.
Similar: countryside, flyover country
- A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. Some few hands are reserved called ship-keepers, whose province it is to work the vessel while the boats are pursuing the whale.
Province²
proper noun Provinces
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: territory, colony, mandate, responsibility, dominion, state, territorial dominion, provincial, district, territorial, region, provincially, governorate, federated, prefecture, government
Translations
Every language
noun a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level
| Español | provincia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성 seong, 도 do, 주 ju |
| 日本語 | 県 ken, 地方 chihō, 州 shū, 省 shō |
| 中文 | 省份 shěngfèn, 省 shěng |
| हिन्दी | प्रांत prānt, प्रदेश pradeś |
| Kiswahili | mkoa, jimbo |
| Português | província |
| Français | province, état |
| Deutsch | Provinz, Land |
| Italiano | provincia |
| Ελληνικά | επαρχία eparchía |
| Română | provincie |
| Русский | о́бласть óblastʹ, край kraj, прови́нция províncija, штат štat, префекту́ра prefektúra |
| Tiếng Việt | tỉnh, tỉnh bang |
| العربية | وِلَايَة wilāya, مُقَاطَعَة muqāṭaʕa |
| עברית | פְּרוֹבִינְצְיָה províntsya, מחוז makhóz |
noun area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop
| Tiếng Việt | giáo tỉnh |
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title = {province},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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