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Eastern Province

Eastern Province proper noun: a province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.

Proper noun (1)

Eastern Province or the Eastern Province

  1. A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.

Proper noun (2)

Eastern Province or the Eastern Province

  1. A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Dammam.
    • "I was shocked to see girls this young wearing the cloak," says the author, who encountered this group of schoolgirls near Qatif oasis in the Eastern Province.1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 438
    Synonyms:
    Eastern Region

Proper noun (3)

Eastern Province or the Eastern Province

  1. A province of Zambia. Capital: Chipata.
  2. A province of Sierra Leone. Capital: Kenema.

Proper noun (4)

Eastern Province or the Eastern Province

  1. A former province of Kenya. Capital: Embu

Proper noun (5)

Eastern Province or the Eastern Province

  1. A province of Rwanda. Capital: Rwamagana

Eastern Province meaning in Tamil, Sinhala and Arabic

Eastern Province in Tamil

province of Sri Lanka
கிழக்கு மாகாணம் kiḻakku mākāṇam

Eastern Province in Sinhala

province of Sri Lanka
නැගෙනහිර පළාත nægenahira paḷāta

Eastern Province in Arabic

province of Saudi Arabia
الْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّة, الشَرْقِيَّة aš-šarqiyya

Synonyms of Eastern Province

Origin of Eastern Province

A calque of either Sinhalese නැගෙනහිර පළාත (nægenahira paḷāta) or Tamil கிழக்கு மாகாணம் (kiḻakku mākāṇam).

Calque of Arabic الْمِنْطَقَة الشَرْقِيَّة (al-minṭaqa(t) aš-šarqiyya).

From eastern + province.

Questions about Eastern Province

What does Eastern Province mean?
Eastern Province means a province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.
What is Eastern Province in Tamil?
Eastern Province in Tamil is கிழக்கு மாகாணம் (kiḻakku mākāṇam). See Eastern Province meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Eastern Province?
Eastern Province is a proper noun.

Words near Eastern Province in the dictionary

  1. eastern paradise whydah
  2. Eastern parotia
  3. Eastern parotias
  4. eastern pellitory-of-the-wall
  5. eastern poison ivy
  6. Eastern Province
  7. Eastern provinces
  8. Eastern Question
  9. eastern quoll
  10. eastern ratsnake
  11. eastern ratsnakes

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