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1. (n.) province
an administrative division or unit of a country, esp. any of the 10 principal political units of Canada.
2. province
the provinces,
3. province
the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.
4. province
a country, territory, district, or region.
5. province
a major region of the earth or biosphere.
6. province
a biogeographic zone characterized by its dominant plants and animals.
7. province
a department or branch of learning or activity:
the province of mathematics.
8. province
a sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person.
9. province
an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction.
10. province
a country or territory of the Roman Empire outside of Italy administered by a governor sent from Rome.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF < L prōvincia province, official charge)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) state, province
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
"his state is in the deep south"
2. (noun) province, responsibility
the proper sphere or extent of your activities
"it was his province to take care of himself"
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1. (noun) province
a division of a country with its own government
Canadian provinces
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Province
a country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy
2. (noun) Province
a country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital
3. (noun) Province
a region of country; a tract; a district
4. (noun) Province
a region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority
5. (noun) Province
the proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere
6. (noun) Province
specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada
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Sense: a division of a country, empire etc
Britain was once a Roman province.
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 Afrikaans: provinsie |
 Arabic: إقْليم، مُقاطَعَه |
 Bulgarian: провинция |
 Brazilian: província |
 Czech: provincie |
 German: die Provinz |
 Danish: provins |
 Greek: επαρχία |
 Spanish: provincia |
 Estonian: provints, maakond |
 Farsi: ایالت؛ استان |
 Finnish: provinssi |
 French: province |
 Hebrew: מָחוֹז |
 Hindi: परमात्मा का विधान |
 Hungarian: tartomány |
 Indonesian: provinsi |
 Icelandic: skattland; fylki; hérað |
 Italian: provincia |
 Japanese: 州, 地方 |
 Korean: (행정구역으로서의) 주, 성, 도, (수도 등 |
 Lithuanian: provincija |
 Latvian: province; perifērija |
 Malay: wilayah |
 Dutch: provincie |
 Norwegian: landsdel; fylke; provins |
 Polish: prowincja |
 Persian: ایالت؛ استان |
 Pashto: ايالت ، ځاى |
 Portuguese: província |
 Romanian: provincie |
 Russian: провинция |
 Slovak: provincia |
 Slovenian: pokrajina |
 Serbian: provincija |
 Swedish: provins |
 Thai: จังหวัด |
 Turkish: eyalet |
 Taiwanese: 省 |
 Ukrainian: провінція; область |
 Urdu: صوبہ |
 Vietnamese: tỉnh |
 Chinese: 省 |
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