province.
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
Meaning & usage
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
The parts of a country outside its national capital.
A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
Where this word comes from
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.
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