province

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Latin provincia, usually taken as pro (before) + vincere (win), but this doesn't fit the earliest uses of the word.[1]

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  • IPA: /pɹɒvins/
  • (file)

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province (plural provinces)

  1. A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level.
  2. A territorial area within a country.

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the province

  1. (UK) Northern Ireland

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  1. ^province” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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province f. (plural provinces)

  1. province
  2. The inhabitants of a province, or of provincial France

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province f. pl.

  1. Plural form of provincia.

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