Definitions for province
ˈprɒv ɪnsprov·ince

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 9 votes

1. state, provincenoun

   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   "his state is in the deep south"

2. province, responsibilitynoun

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   "it was his province to take care of himself"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. provincenoun

   A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level.

2. provincenoun

   A territorial area within a country.

3. provincenoun

   A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.

4. provincenoun

   Northern Ireland

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PROVINCEnoun

   Etymology: province, Fr. provincia, Latin.

   1. A conquered country; a country governed by a delegate.

   Those provinces these arms of mine did conquer. William Shakespeare.

   Greece, Italy and Sicily were divided into commonwealths, till swallowed up, and made provinces by Rome. William Temple.

   See them broke with toils, or sunk in ease,
   Or infamous for plunder’d provinces. Alexander Pope.

   2. The proper office or business of any one.

   I am fit for honour’s toughest task;
   Nor ever yet found fooling was my province. Thomas Otway.

   Nor can I alone sustain this day’s province. More.

   ’Tis thine, whate’er is pleasant, good or fair;
   All nature is thy province, life thy care. Dryden.

   ’Tis not the pretor’s province to bestow
   True freedom. John Dryden, Persius.

   The woman’s province is to be careful in her œconomy, and chaste in her affection. Tatler.

   3. A region; a tract.

   Over many a tract
   Of heav’n they march’d, and many a province wide. John Milton.

   Their understandings are cooped up in narrow bounds; so that they never look abroad into other provinces of the intellectual world. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Province

   A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman provincia, which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term province has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities. Many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of central government, with very little autonomy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. province

   A province is a territorial division within a country or a larger administrative region, often containing its own government, and with specific powers and responsibilities granted by the central government. This term is commonly used to denote subnational units that are below the national level of government, representing a geographic or administrative subdivision of a country. Provinces can vary in size, population, and level of autonomy depending on the country's political system. They typically have their own governing bodies or provincial governments, which are responsible for local administration and decision-making within their jurisdiction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. Provincenoun

   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. Provincenoun

   a country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital

3. Provincenoun

   a region of country; a tract; a district

4. Provincenoun

   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. Provincenoun

   the proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere

6. Provincenoun

   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

7. Etymology: [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See Victor.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Province

   A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Province

   prov′ins, n. a portion of an empire or a state marked off for purposes of government: a part of a country as distinguished from the capital: the district over which a governor or an archbishop has jurisdiction: a region: a business or duty: a person's business or calling: a department of knowledge.—adj. Provin′cial, relating to a province: belonging to a division of a country: local: showing the habits and manners of a province: unpolished: narrow.—n. an inhabitant of a province or country district: (R.C.) the superintendent of the heads of the religious houses in a province.—v.t. Provin′cialise, to render provincial:—pr.p. provin′cialīsing; pa.p. provin′cialīsed.—ns. Provin′cialism, a manner, a mode of speech, or a turn of thought peculiar to a province or a country district: a local expression: narrowness; Provincial′ity.—adv. Provin′cially.—Provincial letters, a series of letters written (1656-57) by Pascal against the doctrines and policy of the Jesuits. [Fr.,—L. provincia, a province; perh. pro, for, vincĕre, to conquer.]

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. province

   The province symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the province symbol and its characteristic.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PROVINCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Province is ranked #16926 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Province surname appeared 1,681 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Province.
   
   90.3% or 1,518 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 64 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 37 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Sphere

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'province' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4025

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'province' in Nouns Frequency: #1300

How to pronounce province?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say province in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of province in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of province in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of province in a Sentence

1. Hanif Danishyar:

   We have our organized plan for eradication in Kandahar province, yes, there has been cultivation in Zhari district but we will eradicate the fields.

2. Ben Embarek:

   We have data for the whole province and also beyond -- looking at data from other neighboring provinces and going back several months... There is a lot of stuff to look at. It's important to be able in the months before [ the outbreak ] to go down to a much lower level, and try to pick up signals, and see was there anything there that we can we could link.

3. Hassan Fedaam:

   We understand that there are members of Daesh trying to infiltrate the province via these displaced people.

4. Charles Cleveland:

   We don't think either the province of Uruzgan or the provincial capital Tarin Kowt is about to fall but we're watching it closely.

5. Jaffar Khan Mandokhel:

   The change is meant to give maximum benefit to Punjab, which is already considered the privileged province.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=province
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Province
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=province
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/province
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=province
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=province
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html