Found 3 items, similar to province.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: province
propinsi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: province
province
n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation;
“his state is in
the deep south” [syn:
state]
2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities;
“it was his
province to take care of himself” [syn:
responsibility]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Province
Province
\Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro
before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See
Victor.]
1. (Roman Hist.) 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. --Wyclif
(Acts xiii. 34). Milton.
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2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a
portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the
capital.
“Kingdoms and provinces.” --Shak.
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3. A region of country; a tract; a district.
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Over many a tract
of heaven they marched, and many a province wide.
--Milton.
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Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I.
Watts.
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4. 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.
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5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or
body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
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The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy,
and chaste in her affection. --Tattler.
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6. 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.
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