ALL meanings of province
prov·ince
P p - noun plural province not the capital 1
- noun province area of learning 1
- noun province person's field of knowledge 1
- noun province an administrative division or unit of a country. 1
- noun province the provinces. the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities. (in England) all parts of the country outside of London. 1
- noun province a country, territory, district, or region. 1
- noun province Geography. physiographic province. 1
- noun province a department or branch of learning or activity: the province of mathematics. 1
- noun province sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person; office, function, or business: Such decisions do not lie within his province. 1
- noun province a major subdivision of British India. 1
- noun province an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction. 1
- noun province History/Historical. any of the North American colonies now forming major administrative divisions of Canada. any of certain colonies of Great Britain which are now part of the U.S. 1
- noun province Roman History. a country or territory outside of Italy, brought under the ancient Roman dominion and administered by a governor sent from Rome. 1
- noun province Mining. an individual mineral-producing area. 1
- noun province region 1
- countable noun province A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration. 0
- noun plural province The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated. 0
- singular noun province If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it. 0
- noun province a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire 0
- noun province a district, territory, or region 0
- noun province a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora 0
- noun province an area or branch of learning, activity, etc 0
- noun province the field or extent of a person's activities or office 0
- noun province an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head 0
- noun province a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order 0
- noun province a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome 0
- noun province any of the outside territories controlled and ruled by ancient Rome 0
- noun province an administrative division of a country; specif., any of the ten main administrative divisions of Canada 0
- noun province a territorial district; territory 0
- noun province the parts of a country removed from the capital and the populated, cultural centers 0
- noun province proper duties or functions; sphere 0
- noun province an area, division, or branch of learning or activity 0
- noun province a division of a country under the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan 0
- noun province a division of the world, smaller than a region, with reference to the plants or animals found there 0