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provinces en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns.ɪz/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈpɹɒv.əns.əz/ (New-Zealand)
  • prŏv′ĭns-ĭz
  • /ˈpɾɔv.ɪns.ɪz/ (India)
  • /ˈpɹɑv.ɪns.ɪz/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, also, dialectal, standard)
  • /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns.ɪz/ (Australia, Scotland)
  • /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns.ɪz/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, standard)
  • /ˈpɹɑv.ɪns.ɪz/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of province
    form of province
  2. The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.