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- Dictionaryprovince/ˈprɒvɪns/
noun
- 1. a principal administrative division of a country or empire: "Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province" Similar
- 2. the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture: British "I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train" Similar
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of province noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
A province is 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.
