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province

Syllables: prov·inceUK/ˈpɹɒv.ɪns//ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/

province noun: a region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.

province: a region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country
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Noun

province (plural provinces)

  1. A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
    • […] we should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified,—[…]—in the different great geographical provinces of the world.1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Geographical Distribution—continued”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages 408–409
  2. An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
    • Chowta-Zhin, who is ſaid to be a man of buſineſs and preciſion, and cautious of advancing facts, at the requeſt of Earl Macartney, delivered to him a ſtatement taken from one of the public officers in the capitol, of the inhabitants of the fifteen ancient provinces of China, or China proper, within...1798 October 20 [1797], “CALCULATIONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GLOBE.”, in The Rural Magazine, volume I, number 36, Newark, →OCLC, page 2, column 1
    • The telegraph administration refuses to transmit messages either to or from the Provinces of Hu-Peh, Hu-Nan, Kiang-Si, Sze-Chuan, Kwei-Chow, and Yu-Nan^([sic – meaning Yun-Nan]).1911 October 16 [1911 October 15], “CENSOR STOPS REVOLT NEWS.; Troops Moving South, but Number Concealed -- Train Service Reduced.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    Synonyms:
    circuit, tao, dao, route, lu
  3. (Ancient-Rome, Roman-Empire, historical) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
    • He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.2008 November 28, Mark Brown, The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    eparchy
  4. An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
    • In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.1838 January, The Churchman; […], volume 4, number 1, page 44
  5. An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
  6. (in plural, with-definite-article) The parts of a country outside its national capital.
    • To-day the first part of the new Indian Constitution comes into force with the granting of a large measure of autonomy to the provinces.1937 April 1, The Guardian
    • "What are the Russian provinces?" he said. "Dirt, ruins, poverty, drunkenness. That is what we need to be working on, rather than expanding our prison to include Georgia, Ukraine, the Baltic states, and Belarus. That is the kind of Russian nationalist that I am…. There is no sense in using force to...2023 February 7, Yevgeny Legalov, “'I Couldn't Just Stand By': Russian Fighters Explain Why They Took Up Arms Against The Kremlin”, in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, archived from the original on...
  7. A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
  8. An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
    • Some few hands are reserved called ship-keepers, whose province it is to work the vessel while the boats are pursuing the whale.1851, Hermann Melville, Moby Dick; Or, the Whale, page 450
    • More than half a million women are now employed on the railways of the Soviet Union, and some of them perform such duties as those of engine drivers and stationmasters, formerly considered the sole province of men.1941 February, “Notes and News: Women on Soviet Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 82

Proper noun capitalized: Province

Province (plural Provinces)

  1. A surname.

province meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

province in Hindi

a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level
प्रांत prānt, प्रदेश pradeś
area under the jurisdiction of a provincial
प्रांतीय prāntīya

province in Tamil

a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level
மாகாணம் mākāṇam

province in Marathi

a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level
प्रांत prānta

province in Urdu

a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level
وِلایَت vilāyat, رِیاسَت riyāsat, صُوبَہ sūba, پْرَدیش pradeś, پْرانْت prānt
More languagesFewer languages
province in Bengali
প্রদেশ prodeś
province in Telugu
ప్రావిన్స్ prāvins
province in Malayalam
പ്രവിശ്യ praviśya
province in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾಂತ prānta
province in Punjabi
ਸੂਬਾ sūbā
province in Gujarati
પ્રાંત prā̃t
province in Odia
ପ୍ରାନ୍ତ prānta, ମଣ୍ଡଳ maṇḍaḷa
province in Sanskrit
देश deśá, स्थान sthā́na
province in Sinhala
පළාත paḷāta
province in Nepali
जिल्ला jillā
province in Pashto
ولايت welāyat, ايالت eyālat
province in Tagalog
probinsiya, lalawigan
province in Arabic
وِلَايَة wilāya, مُقَاطَعَة muqāṭaʕa
province in Malay
provinsi, wilayah
province in Indonesian
propinsi, provinsi, wilayah
province in Thai
จังหวัด jang-wàt, แขวง kwɛ̌ɛng
province in Vietnamese
tỉnh, tỉnh bang, giáo tỉnh
province in Myanmar
ပြည်နယ် pranynai
Dhivehi
ޕްރޮވިންސް provin̊s

Examples of province in a sentence

  • As one of Thailand’s most popular provinces for tourists, Chiang Mai has plenty of great attractions but one of the best has to be Doi Inthanon National Park.2017 July 30, Greg Jorgenson, “Thailand’s 77 provinces: 77 great places to go”, in CNN:
  • A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN:
  • "What are the Russian provinces?" he said.2023 February 7, Yevgeny Legalov, “'I Couldn't Just Stand By': Russian Fighters Explain Why They Took Up Arms Against The Kremlin”, in...
  • Just as money is the province of the economy and truth the province of science and scholarship, so love is the province of the family (Niklas Luhmann).1984, Dorothee Sölle, translated by Robert Kimber and Rita Kimber, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, →ISBN...

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Synonyms of province

All synonyms of province

Forms of province

Noun
pluralprovinces
Proper noun
pluralProvinces

Plural of province: provinces

Origin of province

Inherited from Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- (“forward”) + vinciō (“to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle”). Displaced Old English boldġetæl.

Words formed from province

Phrases with province

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Questions about province

What does province mean?
Province means a region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
What is province in Hindi?
Province in Hindi is प्रांत (prānt), प्रदेश (pradeś), प्रांतीय (prāntīya). See Province meaning in Hindi.
How do you use province in a sentence?
As one of Thailand’s most popular provinces for tourists, Chiang Mai has plenty of great attractions but one of the best has to be Doi Inthanon National Park.
What part of speech is province?
Province can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce province?
Province is pronounced /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/ (UK).
What is the plural of province?
The plural of province is provinces.

Words near province in the dictionary

  1. providores
  2. providoring
  3. providors
  4. Provie
  5. Provies
  6. province
  7. Province of Canada
  8. Province of Quebec
  9. province-level cities
  10. province-level city
  11. province-level municipalities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: province (page history and authors); Province (page history and authors); ਸੂਬਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରାନ୍ତ (Odia) (page history and authors); देश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); පළාත (Sinhala) (page history and authors); जिल्ला (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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