provincenoun
uk/ˈprɒv.ɪns/us/ˈprɑː.vɪns/province noun (REGION)
C2 [ C ] an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire:
the Canadian province of Alberta
the provinces [ plural ]
the parts of a country that are not the capital city
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- The majority of people in the province are in favour of devolution.
- an autonomous province
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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province noun (SUBJECT)
sb's province formal
a subject or activity of special interest, knowledge, or responsibility:
Renaissance art is not really his province - he specializes in the modern period.
Marketing is within the province of the sales department.
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Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- item
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- subject matter
- sweep
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
- turf
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