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province > 2 senses
NOUN1province, stateThe territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
2province, responsibilityThe proper sphere or extent of your activities
province > pronunciation
Soundspraa'vahns; praa'vihns
Rhymesabeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 264 more rhymes in ahns...
competence, convince, dissidence, and 7 more rhymes in ihns...
province > noun 1, location
MeaningThe territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.
Synonymsstate
Member ofcountry, state, land
Broaderadministrative district, administrative division, territorial division
Narrowercommonwealth; eparchy; American state; Canadian province
InstancesGuangdong, Kwangtung, Guangdong province; Gansu, Kansu, Gansu province; Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei province; Hunan, Hunan province; Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province; Yunnan, Yunnan province; Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; Inner Mongolia, Nei Monggol; Yucatan; Campeche; Chihuahua; Coahuila; Quintana Roo; Tabasco; Lower Saxony; Bavaria; Italian region; Kosovo; Bosnia; Australian state; Tyrol, Tirol; Assam; Karnataka, Mysore; Manipur; Andhra Pradesh; Bihar; Goa; Gujarat, Gujerat; Tamil Nadu, Madras; Uttar Pradesh; Orissa; West Bengal; Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan; Friesland; Free State, Orange Free State; Transvaal; Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Colony; Cape of Good Hope; Soviet Socialist Republic; Abkhaz, Abkhazia; Adzhar, Adzharia; Buganda
Adjectivesprovincial; provincial
province > noun 2, state
MeaningThe proper sphere or extent of your activities.
Examples"it was his province to take care of himself"
Synonymsresponsibility
Broadersphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
Narrowerecclesiastical province

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