Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prime division of a province; in zoögeog., a division subordinate to a subregion.
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- noun A
province making up part of a larger province.
Etymologies
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Examples
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a special form of government on the lower and middle Agúsan, now known as the subprovince of Butuán, did wonders toward repressing the interclan raids, but on the upper Agúsan they continued at least until my departure in 1910, though not to such an extent as in previous years.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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As far as he knew, his commission -- to provide an ongoing botanical survey of the subprovince of Texas -- was still in effect, though in the last year his payment vouchers had not been honored in Béxar when he presented them at the comandante's office on the Plaza de Armas.
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Tripolitania was organized into a province (vilayet) under a governor appointed by the Ottomans, while Cyrenaica formed a separate subprovince responsible directly to Istanbul.
d. Libya 2001
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For the readers outside of the Archipelago we remark that Benguet is at present a subprovince of the Mountain Province, of which it forms the southernmost part.
Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 Miguel Saderra Mas��
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The Banuáons, [20] probably an extension of the Bukídnons of the Bukídnon subprovince.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Mindanáo, except perhaps the Banuáons, [2] but, according to various rumors, to the Manóbos occupying the central portion of Mindanáo in the subprovince of Bukídnon.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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It is in all probability a form of the word _kuláno_ that is applied, I think, to Bukídnon chiefs in the subprovince of Bukídnon.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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A similar institution is projected for the subprovince of Abra, and will be entrusted to German sisters.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Until 1975, Samorn says, Sen lived with her family in Bo Pailin, a heavily jungled subprovince in southwest Cambodia.
Chicago Reader 2010
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