prairie provincen.

Brit.

/ˈprɛːrɪ ˌprɒvɪns/, U.S.

/ˈprɛri ˌprɑv(ə)ns/, Canadian English

/ˈpreri ˌprɒv(ə)ns/

Forms: frequently with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., province n.

Etymology: < prairie n. + province n.

Canadian.

1. With the. The province of Manitoba. Now historical.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > Canada > parts of

north-west1682

down east1817

Atlantic provinces1855

prairie province1873

prairie provinces1878

mainland1901

maritimes1926

Palliser triangle1934

Newfie1942

sand-hill1949

Near North1952

1873 Sessional Papers Canada (2nd Parl., 1st Sess.) III. No. 7. 21 With the opening of railway communication with Manitoba, it is safe to say that a splendid future, awaits the Prairie Province.

1881 Progress (Rat Portage, Ont.) 12 Nov. 4/1 The editor..proposes..to get up a huge excursion of marriageable girls in Ontario to proceed early next spring to the prairie province.

1916 O. D. Skelton Day of Sir W. Laurier 97 The Winnipeg Board of Trade denounced the policy of ‘crushing and trampling upon one hundred thousand struggling pioneers of the prairie province to secure a purely imaginary financial gain to one soulless corporation’.

1957 W. L. Morton Manitoba ix. 206 Manitoba was the ‘Prairie Province’ where the pioneer had only to sink his share in the sod and run his furrow as he pleased.

2. In plural. The provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also in singular: any one of these provinces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > Canada > parts of

north-west1682

down east1817

Atlantic provinces1855

prairie province1873

prairie provinces1878

mainland1901

maritimes1926

Palliser triangle1934

Newfie1942

sand-hill1949

Near North1952

1878 Sask. Herald (Battleford) 23 Sept. 2/4 In our Prairie Province the nomination day is fixed for the 19th, and the elections for the 26th of the same month.

1907 Manitoba Morning Free Press 14 Jan. (heading) Population of the Prairie Provinces.

1908 M. A. Brown My Lady of Snows 221 The majority ruled, but the minority clamored from the prairie provinces.

1926 B. M. Stewart Canad. Labor Laws & Treaty iii. 95 The well-known Industrial Disputes Investigation Act was passed in 1907, after a coal strike that caused a midwinter fuel famine in the Prairie Provinces.

1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 May j18 The other two accidents..happened in Ontario and a Prairie Province.

2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 13 Oct. a10 There are no aboriginals sitting on high courts in the three Prairie provinces.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prairie province
释义	prairie provincen. Brit. /ˈprɛːrɪ ˌprɒvɪns/, U.S. /ˈprɛri ˌprɑv(ə)ns/, Canadian English /ˈpreri ˌprɒv(ə)ns/ Forms: frequently with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., province n. Etymology: < prairie n. + province n. Canadian. 1. With the. The province of Manitoba. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > Canada > parts of north-west1682 down east1817 Atlantic provinces1855 prairie province1873 prairie provinces1878 mainland1901 maritimes1926 Palliser triangle1934 Newfie1942 sand-hill1949 Near North1952 1873 Sessional Papers Canada (2nd Parl., 1st Sess.) III. No. 7. 21 With the opening of railway communication with Manitoba, it is safe to say that a splendid future, awaits the Prairie Province. 1881 Progress (Rat Portage, Ont.) 12 Nov. 4/1 The editor..proposes..to get up a huge excursion of marriageable girls in Ontario to proceed early next spring to the prairie province. 1916 O. D. Skelton Day of Sir W. Laurier 97 The Winnipeg Board of Trade denounced the policy of ‘crushing and trampling upon one hundred thousand struggling pioneers of the prairie province to secure a purely imaginary financial gain to one soulless corporation’. 1957 W. L. Morton Manitoba ix. 206 Manitoba was the ‘Prairie Province’ where the pioneer had only to sink his share in the sod and run his furrow as he pleased. 2. In plural. The provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also in singular: any one of these provinces. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > Canada > parts of north-west1682 down east1817 Atlantic provinces1855 prairie province1873 prairie provinces1878 mainland1901 maritimes1926 Palliser triangle1934 Newfie1942 sand-hill1949 Near North1952 1878 Sask. Herald (Battleford) 23 Sept. 2/4 In our Prairie Province the nomination day is fixed for the 19th, and the elections for the 26th of the same month. 1907 Manitoba Morning Free Press 14 Jan. (heading) Population of the Prairie Provinces. 1908 M. A. Brown My Lady of Snows 221 The majority ruled, but the minority clamored from the prairie provinces. 1926 B. M. Stewart Canad. Labor Laws & Treaty iii. 95 The well-known Industrial Disputes Investigation Act was passed in 1907, after a coal strike that caused a midwinter fuel famine in the Prairie Provinces. 1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 May j18 The other two accidents..happened in Ontario and a Prairie Province. 2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 13 Oct. a10 There are no aboriginals sitting on high courts in the three Prairie provinces. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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