Definition von province

Häufigkeit

province

(prɒvɪns )

Wortformen:plural provinces

1. zählbares Substantiv

A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.

...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.

Synonyme:region, section, county, district Weitere Synonyme von province

2. Pluralwort

The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.

The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from the capital to the provinces.

3. Singular [with poss]

If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.

Arvo avoided committing himself. 'I'm afraid that's not my province,' he replied.

Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Synonyme:area, business, concern, responsibility Weitere Synonyme von province

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Häufigkeit

province in American

(ˈprɑvɪns ; prävˈins)

Substantiv

any of the outside territories controlled and ruled by ancient Rome

an administrative division of a country; specif., any of the ten main administrative divisions of Canada

a territorial district; territory

b. [pl.]

the parts of a country removed from the capital and the populated, cultural centers

proper duties or functions; sphere

enforcing the laws does not fall within the province of this commission

an area, division, or branch of learning or activity

a division of a country under the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan

a division of the world, smaller than a region, with reference to the plants or animals found there

Wortherkunft von province

OFr < L provincia, province < ? IE *prowo- (< base *pro-) > Gr prōira, prow1, OE frea, lord

Häufigkeit

province in British

(ˈprɒvɪns )

Substantiv

a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire

a district, territory, or region

3. the provinces

4. ecology

a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora

an area or branch of learning, activity, etc

the field or extent of a person's activities or office

7. Roman Catholic Church, Church of England

an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head

a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order

9. history

a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome

Wortherkunft von province

C14: from Old French, from Latin prōvincia conquered territory

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Prem Lal took leave of his family and made his way to India, to Bose's home province of Bengal, working underground. Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (2001)

I'm here because the Warlord of Dregian Province tried to have you declared dead and your province gifted to his younger brother. Jennifer Fallon HARSHINI (2001)