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province::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | state |
| Type of | administrative division, administrative district, territorial division |
| Has types | soviet socialist republic, eparchy, malaysian state, canadian province, australian state, american state, italian region, commonwealth |
| Derivation | provincial |
province::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | responsibility |
| Type of | field, orbit, domain, sphere, area, arena |
| Has types | ecclesiastical province |
it was his province to take care of himself.
Examples of province
province
It has since announced an $8 million noodle-making venture in Batangas province.
From the businessweek.com
Omar said his province was home to Afghan militants as well as foreign fighters.
From the time.com
The province says 5,000 new clean energy jobs will be reared by the end of 2012.
From the theepochtimes.com
Mohibullah and the other man were located in a forested area in Wardak province.
From the theepochtimes.com
The province was the site of several attacks on NATO supply convoys during 2010.
From the edition.cnn.com
The dead included 20 from the northern Idlib province, home to Jisr al-Shughour.
From the independent.co.uk
It has a factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where the gas can be destroyed.
From the newscientist.com
People here joke that their province is so flat you can watch your dog run away.
From the heraldtribune.com
Multiple aftershocks have rocked Baluchistan province, hampering relief efforts.
From the voanews.com
- State: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
- The proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
- An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and Eastern Catholic) and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion. ...
- The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories. ...
- A province, in the context of Chinese government, is a translation of sheng , which is an administrative division. ...
- A geologic or geomorphic province is a spatial entity with common geologic or geomorphic attributes. A province may include a single dominant structural element such as a basin or a fold belt, or a number of contiguous related elements. ...
- Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces. These closely follow the pattern of the territorial division of the country carried out in 1833. ...
- The provinces of Sweden, landskap, are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification.
- A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; A territorial area within a country; Northern Ireland
