province en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɑv.ɪns/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
- prŏv′ĭns
- /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, standard)
- /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/ (Australia, Scotland)
- /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
- /ˈpɹɒv.əns/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɹɑv.ɪns/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, also, dialectal, standard)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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:
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An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
All of Fort McMurray, with the exception of Parson’s Creek, was under a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday, said Robin Smith, press secretary for the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Canadian province [of Alberta].
2016 May 4, Nicky Woolf, “Fort McMurray: Canada wildfires force evacuation of oil sands city”, in The Guardian: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 12 Aug 2023, page 6:After the Hsuchow-Pengpu Battle,* with the exception of the battles fought on Tengpu Island and Kinmen Island,** Government troops put up no determined fight, and, as a result, province after province on the mainland fell into Communist hands.
1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “China's Struggle Against Communism: Gains and Losses”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 236: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 the great wall ; according to which the number of inhabitants, taken by a regular enumeration, amounts to 333,000,000!
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: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:One of China’s poorest and most indebted provinces has admitted defeat in trying to sort out its finances and is appealing to Beijing for help to avert default. […] The Beijing-based firm — one of four funds created by the Chinese government in 1999 to process the bad loans of state-owned banks — announced Saturday that it would send a group of 50 experts to the province to help it “prevent and defuse risks” and “bail out” the real estate industry.
2023 April 27, Laura He, “China may have to bail out one of its poorest provinces”, in CNN Business:Doi Inthanon National Park covers 482.40 square kilometers. 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:
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(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:
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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:
- An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
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(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 hold people that don’t want to be with you."
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 07 Feb 2023:
- A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
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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: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, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| provinces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
voivodeship · state · oblast · canton · shire · territory · county · department
Deriveds
ecoprovince · United Province of Canada · North Western Province · province-level city · provincehood · interprovince · subprovince · provincewide · United Provinces · intraprovince · Rhine Province · bioprovince · Mecca Province · have-not province · multiprovince · petrographic province · Provincetown · North West Province · Province of Canada · Northern Province · large igneous province · province-level municipality · provinceful · Province of Quebec · have province
Descendants
Relateds
Synonyms
flyover country (parts of a country outside the capital) · tao (principal subdivision of a state) · countryside (parts of a country outside the capital) · dao (principal subdivision of a state) · route (principal subdivision of a state) · eparchy · lu (principal subdivision of a state) · circuit (principal subdivision of a state)
Translations (220)
vo provin (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ru край (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nan-hbl 省份 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kk уәлаят (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · vi giáo tỉnh (area under the jurisdiction of a provincial) · dv ޕްރޮވިންސް (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kk облыс (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kk аймақ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fi provinssi (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · bn প্রদেশ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mn муж (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ary عمالة (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tk oblast (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh pòkrajina (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ur پْرَدیش (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · za swngj (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sk kraj (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cmn 省份 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nan-hbl 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · bg о́бласт (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tt өлкә (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ru штат (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kmr parêzgeh (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · da provins (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pt província (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · am ክፍለ ሀገር (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ar وِلَايَة (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cdo 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fr état (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · bo ཞིང་ཆེན (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sv provins (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · th แขวง (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · is skattland (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ia provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · uk о́бласть (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hi प्रांतीय (area under the jurisdiction of a provincial) · la provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tg устон (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sw jimbo (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cy talaith (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh о̏бла̄ст (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fi maakunta (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · id provinsi (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · vi giáo tỉnh (area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop) · km ចង្វាត (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · de Provinz (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · wa province (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nrf provinche (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sv landskap (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ky аймак (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · bcl probinsya (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kn ಪ್ರಾಂತ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nds-de Provinz (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · gl provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kmr eyalet (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mk покраина (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ang boldġetæl (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · el επαρχία (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pag luyag (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ka მხარე (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tg провинтсия (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · yue 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · bg прови́нция (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mnc ᡤᠣᠯᠣ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ml പ്രവിശ്യ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tt провинция (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ky облус (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · is hérað (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pl województwo (voivodeship) (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mn аймаг (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nl provincie (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · khb ᦵᦌᦲᧃ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sq krahinë (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pl prowincja (area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop) · ug ۋىلايەت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cs kraj (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nb provins (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · be праві́нцыя (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · uz viloyat (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pam lalauigan (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tl probinsiya (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · id propinsi (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ko 성 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ce область (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hi प्रदेश (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sw mkoa (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · uz oblast (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sl provinca (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · af provinsie (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ja 地方 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · vi tỉnh (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fy provinsje (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ga cúige (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ja 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · uk прові́нція (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tr vilayet (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · it provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · orv волость (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cs provincie (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · dng сын (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mn ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · uz provintsiya (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · za sengj (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ur صُوبَہ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kmr wîlayet (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh províncija (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sl pokrajina (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · km ខេត្ត (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · orv оболость (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · he פְּרוֹבִינְצְיָה (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · lo ຈັງຫວັດ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · szl prowincyjo (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ky провинция (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ko 도 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ka ოლქი (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sk provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ps ولايت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · eo provinco (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ca província (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cop ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲁ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hak 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tg вилоят (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ms wilayah (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sdc prubìnzia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh прови́нција (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cop ⲕⲁϩ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · an probinzia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh по̀крајина (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fa-cls وِلَایَت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mn ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · qu marka (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kmr mihafize (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · oc província (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · zza ıstan (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sv län (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · be во́бласць (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ur وِلایَت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sc provìntzia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ext província (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ms provinsi (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · lt provincija (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cv ил (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hi प्रांत (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tet provínsia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ru прови́нция (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · vi tỉnh bang (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · lo ແຂວງ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ky ылаят (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ba өлкә (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tk welaýat (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nrf provînche (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · gu પ્રાંત (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · oc prouvincio (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · vo plovin (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · yi פּראָווינץ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pl prowincja (area under the jurisdiction of a provincial) · ko 주 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · te ప్రావిన్స్ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · th จังหวัด (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fr province (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fa-cls اُسْتَان (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ja 州 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · he מחוז (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ary إقليم (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ar مُقَاطَعَة (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sk oblasť (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ug ئۆلكە (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tr il (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · lv province (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · grc ἐπαρχία (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mi porowini (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fa-ira وِلایَت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tl lalawigan (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ckb پارێزگای (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · lmo proìnsa (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mr प्रांत (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ur رِیاسَت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cmg ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mos provẽnse (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · id wilayah (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ur پْرانْت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sh ȍblāst (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hu tartomány (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ce провинци (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fa-ira اُسْتان (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ta மாகாணம் (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · my ပြည်နယ် (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · sq provincë (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · la pāgus (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · et maakond (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hy մարզ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ast provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ps ايالت (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ky область (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · fi lääni (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ln etuka (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · mk провинција (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cs oblast (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hu provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · wuu 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · es provincia (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cmn 省 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ka პროვინცია (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · de Land (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · tk prowinisiýa (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · az vilayət (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · az əyalət (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · pl prowincja (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · nn provins (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cop ⲑⲱϣ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · cu власть (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ga proibhinse (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ru о́бласть (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hak 省份 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ja 県 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ru префекту́ра (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · kk провинция (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · yue 省份 (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · hy նահանգ (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) · ro provincie (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)