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    province
    /ˈprɒvɪns/

    noun

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  2. the parts of a country that are not the capital city or near a large city: He didn't want to teach at a university in the provinces. See more. Fewer examples. He was born in the China's northwest Shanxi province in 1950. The competition is not open to residents of Alaska, Hawaii and the province of Quebec.

  3. 1. a. : a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government. b. : an administrative district or division of a country. c. provinces plural : all of a country except the metropolises. 2. a. : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan. b. : a territorial unit of a religious order. 3. a

  4. province. / ˈprɒvɪns / noun. a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire. a district, territory, or region. the provinces. plural those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture.

  5. the parts of a country that are not near a large city: He didn't want to teach at a university in the provinces. See more. Fewer examples. He was born in the China's northwest Shanxi province in 1950. The competition is not open to residents of Alaska, Hawaii and the province of Quebec.

  6. A province is a region within a country. If you travel to Canada, you'll have to decide whether you want to go to the province of Quebec, or Saskatchewan, or one of the other 8 provinces in that enormous country.

  7. Definition of province noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration. ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. Synonyms: region, section, county, district More Synonyms of province. 2. plural noun. The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.

  9. PROVINCE meaning: 1 : any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into; 2 : a subject or area of interest that a person knows about or is involved in usually singular.

  10. one of the large areas that some countries are divided into because of the type of government they have: the Canadian province of Alberta. the provinces. the areas of a country that are not the capital city and so are not considered exciting or fashionable.

  11. 4 days ago · province (plural provinces) A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.] An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. [from 14th c.] ( historical, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect. [from 14th c.]