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Noun: province  próvins
  1. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    - state
     
  2. The proper sphere or extent of your activities
    "it was his province to take care of himself"
    - responsibility

Derived forms: provinces

See also: provincial

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere, territorial division

Part of: country, land, state

Encyclopedia: Province Province, Ecclesiastical