province

prov·ince  (prvns)

n.

1. A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire.

2. A division of territory under the jurisdiction of an archbishop.

3. provinces Areas of a country situated away from the capital or population center.

4. A comprehensive area of knowledge, activity, or interest: a topic falling within the province of ancient history. See Synonyms at field.

5. The range of one's proper duties and functions; scope or jurisdiction.

6. Ecology An area of land, less extensive than a region, having a characteristic plant and animal population.

7. Any of various lands outside Italy conquered by the Romans and administered by them as self-contained units.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prvincia.]

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province

Noun

1. a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire

2. an area of learning, activity, etc.

3. the provinces those parts of a country lying outside the capital [Latin provincia conquered territory]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	province - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" state administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes commonwealth - the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" eparchy - a province in ancient Greece American state - one of the 50 states of the United States Italian region - Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes Canadian province - Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes Australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia Soviet Socialist Republic - one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
	2.	province - the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" responsibility arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" ecclesiastical province - the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order; "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him"

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province

noun 1. region, section, county, district, territory, zone, patch, colony, domain, dependency, tract

noun 2. area, business, concern, responsibility, part, line, charge, role, post, department, field, duty, function, employment, capacity, orbit, sphere, turf U.S. (slang) pigeon Brit. (informal)

Translations

province [ˈprɔvɪns] n → provincia;

(fig) → esfera

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province [ˈprɔvɪns] n → province f (fig); domaine m

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province [ˈprɔvɪns] n [of country] → Provinz f (= responsibility etc); Bereich m, Gebiet nt;

provinces npl: the provinces → außerhalb der Hauptstadt liegende Landesteile, Provinz f

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province [ˈprɔvɪns] n → provincia