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provincia.

province; office; duty; command;

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[proːˈwɪŋ.ki.a]Classical-Latin[proˈvin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.a]

  1. office, official duty, command, formal responsibility given to a magistrate

    declension-1

  2. a task, responsibility, burden

    broadly · declension-1

  3. the office of ruling over, or government of, an administrative region (province) of the Roman Republic or Empire

    declension-1 · especially
    cōnsulāris prōvincia

  4. any territory outside Italy, acquired chiefly by conquest, brought under Roman rule and governed by a Roman magistrate

    countable · declension-1
    in prōvinciam redigere

  5. a territory outside of one's borders but under one's dominion

    broadly · countable · declension-1

  6. an administrative region of the Roman Republic or Roman Empire, a province

    broadly · countable · declension-1
    cōnsulāris prōvincia

  7. an administrative region of any government

    broadly · countable · declension-1

  8. the area oustide of Italy under Roman dominion

    declension-1 · uncountable

  9. the Provincia Narbonensis, Provence (now part of France)

    declension-1 · especially · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Perhaps a nominalization of *prō-vinc-ios, adjective formed on *prō-vinciō, see vinciō.

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