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- Dictionaryprovincial/prəˈvɪnʃl/
adjective
- 1. of or concerning a province of a country or empire: "provincial elections" Similar Opposite
- 2. of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "provincial towns" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
- 2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"
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PROVINCIAL definition: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city 2. relating to an area…. Learn more.
Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.
1. provincial - of or associated with a province; "provincial government". 2. provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes".
provincial. A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly than someone from, say, Paris. Something or someone provincial belongs to a province, or region outside of the city.
1. : of, relating to, or coming from a province. 2. a. : limited in outlook : narrow. b. : lacking the polish of urban society : unsophisticated. 3. : of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness. especially : french provincial. provincially. prə-ˈvin (t)-sh (ə-)lē. adverb.
provincial. adjective. /prəˈvɪnʃl/ [only before noun] connected with one of the large areas that some countries are divided into, with its own local government. provincial assemblies/elections. Want to learn more?
adjective. Of or belonging to a province. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province. Webster's New World. Of or like that of rural provinces; countrified; rustic. Webster's New World. Designating or of a style, esp. of 18th-cent.
Oct 26, 2024 · provincial (plural provincials) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
PROVINCIAL meaning: 1 : of, relating to, or coming from a province; 2 : not knowing or caring about people and events in other places having narrow or limited concerns or interests.
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