province
Americannoun
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an administrative division or unit of a country.
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the provinces,
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the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.
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(in England) all parts of the country outside of London.
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a country, territory, district, or region.
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Geography. physiographic province.
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a department or branch of learning or activity.
the province of mathematics.
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- area
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sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person; office, function, or business.
Such decisions do not lie within his province.
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a major subdivision of British India.
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an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction.
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History/Historical.
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any of the North American colonies now forming major administrative divisions of Canada.
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any of certain colonies of Great Britain which are now part of the U.S.
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Roman History. a country or territory outside of Italy, brought under the ancient Roman dominion and administered by a governor sent from Rome.
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Mining. an individual mineral-producing area.
noun
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a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire
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a district, territory, or region
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(plural) those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
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ecology a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora
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an area or branch of learning, activity, etc
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the field or extent of a person's activities or office
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RC Church Church of England an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head
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a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order
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history a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome
Other Word Forms
- subprovince noun
Etymology
Origin of province
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin prōvincia “province, official charge”
Example Sentences
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At Torkham border crossing -- a key gateway for Afghans returning from Pakistan -- overnight fighting was reported by the Nangarhar province information department.
From Barron's
From outside the capital, reports came in that targets had been hit in almost two thirds of Iran's provinces.
From Barron's
But a broader destabilization of the Khuzestan province could put output at risk even without a direct strike on the field itself.
From Barron's
But a broader destabilization of the Khuzestan province could put output at risk even without a direct strike on the field itself.
From Barron's
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Afghan Taliban spokesman, published - then subsequently deleted - a post on X that the group had launched strikes early on Friday on Pakistani military positions in Kandahar and Helmand, two provinces in Afghanistan.
From BBC
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