Province (IPA: /ˈpɹɑvəns/, /ˈpɹɑvɪns/)
| Province (n.) |
A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. |
| Province (n.) |
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. |
| Province (n.) |
A region of country; a tract; a district. |
| Province (n.) |
A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority. |
| Province (n.) |
The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. |
| Province (n.) |
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada. |
| Province |
Territorial entity within a country or state |
| Province |
Scandinavian nation subdivisions, especially for electoral and statistical purposes |
| Province |
2006 single from band TV on the Radio |
| Province |
Family name |
| Province Synonyms |
Responsibility |
| Province Synonyms |
State |
| Province (Last Name / Surname) |
Province is the #16,926 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 1,681 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Province in Spanish is Provincia |
| Tagalog Translation |
Province in Tagalog is Lalawigan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A final wake will be held on Thursday until Saturday in our hometown in Sorsogon City, province of Sorsogon." - Francis Escudero |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "It is my province to lay down the law. Every lawyer knows that the law is the result of a great deal of learning." - Law |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "It is the province of kings to bring wars about; it is the province of God to end them." - War |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "La province est la province: elle est ridicule quand elle veut singer Paris." - Honoré de Balzac |
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