Province Meaning
/ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
nounAn administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
Sentence Examples
Pasta is Fernando's province.
The province supplies its neighbors with various raw materials.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small town is located in a rural ____ that grows most of the nation's wheat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The northern ____ was known for its harsh winters and its strong tradition of folk music.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- (“forward”) + vinciō (“to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle”). Displaced Old English boldġetæl.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] we should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified,—[…]—in the different great geographical provinces of the world."
— 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Geographical Distribution—continued”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages 408–409:
"Chowta-Zhin, who is ſaid to be a man of buſineſs and preciſion, and cautious of advancing facts, at the requeſt of Earl Macartney, delivered to him a ſtatement taken from one of the public officers in the capitol, of the inhabitants of the fifteen ancient provinces of China, or China proper, within the great wall ; according to which the number of inhabitants, taken by a regular enumeration, amounts to 333,000,000!"
— 1798 October 20 [1797], “CALCULATIONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GLOBE.”, in The Rural Magazine, volume I, number 36, Newark, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
"The telegraph administration refuses to transmit messages either to or from the Provinces of Hu-Peh, Hu-Nan, Kiang-Si, Sze-Chuan, Kwei-Chow, and Yu-Nan^([sic – meaning Yun-Nan])."
— 1911 October 16 [1911 October 15], “CENSOR STOPS REVOLT NEWS.; Troops Moving South, but Number Concealed -- Train Service Reduced.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2023, page 6:
"After the Hsuchow-Pengpu Battle,* with the exception of the battles fought on Tengpu Island and Kinmen Island,** Government troops put up no determined fight, and, as a result, province after province on the mainland fell into Communist hands."
— 1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “China's Struggle Against Communism: Gains and Losses”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 236:
"All of Fort McMurray, with the exception of Parson’s Creek, was under a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday, said Robin Smith, press secretary for the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Canadian province [of Alberta]."
— 2016 May 4, Nicky Woolf, “Fort McMurray: Canada wildfires force evacuation of oil sands city”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small town is located in a rural ____ that grows most of the nation's wheat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The northern ____ was known for its harsh winters and its strong tradition of folk music.