Definition of province
1a : a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman governmentb : an administrative district or division of a countryc provinces plural : all of a country except the metropolises
2a : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitanb : a territorial unit of a religious order
3a : a biogeographic division of less rank than a regionb : an area that exhibits essential continuity of geological history; also : one characterized by particular structural or petrological features
4a : proper or appropriate function or scope : sphere that question is outside my provinceb : a department of knowledge or activity
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Examples of province in a Sentence
They left the city for life in the provinces.
a legal question outside the doctor's province
Recent Examples of province from the Web
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Ismail Shinwari, governor of Achin district in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, where the 20,000-pound bomb struck Thursday evening, said there were no reports of civilian casualties.
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Buildings shrouded in smog in Hebei province, China, on Jan. 5, 2017.
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China split from Taiwan amid civil war in 1949 and continues to regard the island as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland, by force if necessary.
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Vancouver’s Chinatown was established in the 19th century by Chinese men — largely from the southern part of China’s Guandong province — who built the country’s railroads.
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Those retail licenses will lose some value after Oct. 28 when a new law makes wine available at grocery stores in the province.
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Lachaine, a former hockey player born in Winnipeg, has named his place after a key figure in the history of his native province, Manitoba.
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is from Lahore, in the region of Punjab, the country's largest and wealthiest province, which historically has been his main support base.
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A young boy is lifted by a U.S. Soldier with the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, rescued from a well in Maiwand province, on April 7, 2013.
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Origin and Etymology of province
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin provincia
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of province
Other Government and Politics Terms
PROVINCE Defined for English Language Learners
province
playDefinition of province for English Language Learners
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: any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into
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: a subject or area of interest that a person knows about or is involved in
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the provinces : the parts of a country that are away from large cities
PROVINCE Defined for Kids
province
playDefinition of province for Students
1 : a part of a country having a government of its own (as one of the divisions of Canada)
2 provinces plural : the part or parts of a country far from the capital or chief city
3 : an area of activity or authority the province of science
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