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provinces

Syllables: prov·inc·esUK/ˈpɹɒv.ɪns.ɪz//ˈpɹɔv.ɪns.ɪz/

provinces noun: the part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial. Also the plural of province.

Noun

provinces

  1. The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.

Proper noun capitalized: Provinces

Provinces

  1. (plural) plural of Province
  2. (US, informal, with-definite-article) Canada.

Also used as

provinces is also the plural of province.

provinces meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

provinces in Hindi

प्रांतों

provinces in Tamil

மாகாணங்கள்

provinces in Urdu

صوبوں, صوبہ جات, صوبائیں

provinces in Bengali

প্রদেশগুলি, প্রদেশসমূহ, প্রদেশগুলো
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provinces in Telugu
ప్రావిన్సులు
provinces in Malayalam
പ്രവിശ്യകൾ
provinces in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯಗಳು, ಪ್ರಾಂತಗಳು, ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯಗಳ
provinces in Gujarati
પ્રાંતો
provinces in Odia
ପ୍ରଦେଶଗୁଡ଼ିକ, ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗୁଡ଼ିକ
provinces in Nepali
प्रान्तहरू, प्रांतहरू

Phrases with provinces

Questions about provinces

What does provinces mean?
Provinces means the part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
What is provinces in Hindi?
Provinces in Hindi is प्रांतों. See Provinces meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is provinces?
Provinces can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce provinces?
Provinces is pronounced /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns.ɪz/ (UK).

Words near provinces in the dictionary

  1. province-level municipalities
  2. province-level municipality
  3. provinceful
  4. provincefuls
  5. provincehood
  6. provinces
  7. Provincetown
  8. Provincetowner
  9. Provincetowners
  10. provincewide
  11. provincial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: provinces (page history and authors); Provinces (page history and authors); provinces (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); provinces (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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