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proprovincial

proprovincial adjective: supporting or favouring a province.

Adjective

proprovincial (comparative more proprovincial, superlative most proprovincial)

  1. Supporting or favouring a province.
    • […] attitudes that are nationalistic, proprovincial, and at times even populist.2023, Nicolas Shumway, The Invention of Argentina, page 182

Forms of proprovincial

comparativemore proprovincial
superlativemost proprovincial

Origin of proprovincial

From pro- + provincial.

Questions about proprovincial

What does proprovincial mean?
Proprovincial means supporting or favouring a province.
What part of speech is proprovincial?
Proprovincial is an adjective.

Words near proprovincial in the dictionary

  1. proproteases
  2. proprotein
  3. proproteins
  4. proprotor
  5. proprotors
  6. proprovincial
  7. proprs.
  8. proprætor
  9. proprætorship
  10. proprætorships
  11. props

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