province
/ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
noun
An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
noun
An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
noun
The parts of a country outside its national capital.
noun
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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."
- "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!"
- "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])."
- "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."
- "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]."
- "Doi Inthanon National Park covers 482.40 square kilometers. As one of Thailand’s most popular provinces for tourists, Chiang Mai has plenty of great attractions but one of the best has to be Doi Inthanon National Park."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: provynce, province, prōvincia
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/
- British English: /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/