What is the definition of
province
1.
[ noun ]
(government,geography) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Synonyms:
state
Examples:
"his state is in the deep south"
Related terms:
administrative_district
Bavaria
commonwealth
Chihuahua
Gansu
American_state
Assam
Lower_Saxony
Indonesian_Borneo
Eritrea
hebei
Canadian_province
Italian_region
goa
karnataka
Bihar
Gujarat
Orissa
friesland
Transvaal
Soviet_Socialist_Republic
Buganda
madras
kosovo
manipur
andhra_pradesh
Australian_state
abkhaz
adzhar
Tyrol
Yunnan
eparchy
guangdong
hunan
sinkiang
inner_mongolia
uttar_pradesh
west_bengal
Szechwan
free_state
cape_colony
cape_of_good_hope
Chechnya
country
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2.
[ noun ]
(geography) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
Synonyms:
district
territory
dominion
colony
mandate
territorial_dominion
Related terms:
possession
region
development
Palestine
jurisdiction
enclave
Attica
protectorate
Boeotia
goldfield
residential_district
Yukon
nunavut
Galloway
American_Samoa
Castile
Acadia
Northwest_Territories
athos
Northern_Territory
Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands
congressional_district
city_district
Lothian_Region
Faroe_Islands
Macao
Sabah
East_Malaysia
borderland
West_Malaysia
Sarawak
Aragon
French_Polynesia
Catalonia
Kordofan
british_virgin_islands
american_virgin_islands
louisiana_purchase
Natal
acre
lake_district
possession
Palatinate
northern_mariana_islands
trust_territory
mandate
administrative_district
zone
3.
[ noun ]
the proper sphere or extent of your activities
Synonyms:
responsibility
Examples:
"it was his province to take care of himself"
Related terms:
sphere
ecclesiastical_province
4.
[ noun ]
Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8540
Similar spelling:
Provence
Provance
proving
provincial
provenance
privine
provender
proven
Provencher
prevenient
probing
prevent
preventive
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