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Province
Found in thesaurus: administrative division, administrative district, territorial division, field, orbit, area, arena, domain, sphere
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province
n.
district, division; region, area; colony
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Province
A province is almost always an administrative division, within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman provincia, which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term is now used in many countries.
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province
Noun
1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
(synonym) state
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(hyponym) commonwealth
(member-holonym) country, state, land
2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
(synonym) responsibility
(hypernym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
(hyponym) ecclesiastical province
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province
nf.
district, province
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provincia
nf.
province, district
