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  1. noun A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire.
  2. noun A division of territory under the jurisdiction of an archbishop.
  3. noun Areas of a country situated away from the capital or population center.
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  • It sits within the mystical fifth province-the Irish word for province is coiced, don't you know, and that means a fifth. —  Celtic Riddle
  • At least 200,000 people in the province were affected by the violence, according to Hassan Noor Hassan, the Provincial Commissioner. —  ReliefWeb - Headlines
  • Yet only one travel agency in the province was authorized to offer tours to Taiwan and the agency is limited to three tour guides for Taiwan trips, Chin said. —  Taipei Times
  • As far as the province was concerned, ETFO would have to negotiate the best deal it could with local school boards, and get only enough money from the province -- $268 million -- to cover a 4\% raise over two years. —  Toronto Sun
  • Based on its oil and gas resources, the province is the only one of 10 in Canada that doesn't have a provincial sales tax. —  Latest News - UPI.com
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province:   provinces
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prōvincia.

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  1. from Middle English provynce, from Old French province, French province = Provencal proensa, prohensa = Spanish Portuguese provincia = Italian provincia = D. Middle Low German provincie = German provintzie, provintz, now provinz = Swedish Danish provins, a province, from Latin provincia, a territory outside of Italy brought (chiefly by conquest) under Roman dominion, also official duty, office, charge, province, from pro, before, in front of, + vincere, conquer.
 

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