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Synonyms of province in English:

province


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See UK English definition of province

See Spanish definition of provincia

noun

1‘Egypt was still a province of the Ottoman Empire’

SYNONYMS
territory, region, state, department, canton, area, district, sector, zone, division, administrative area, administrative district, administrative division, administrative unit
colony, settlement, dominion, fief, protectorate, mandate, dependency, possession, holding, satellite state

2the provinces‘wages were higher in London than in the provinces’

SYNONYMS
non-metropolitan areas, non-metropolitan counties, the rest of the country, middle America, middle England, rural areas, rural districts, the countryside, the backwoods, the wilds, the wilderness, the back of beyond
informal the sticks, the middle of nowhere
North American informal the boondocks
US informal hicksville

3‘that's outside my province, I'm afraid’

SYNONYMS
area of responsibility, area of activity, area of interest, area of knowledge, area, department, responsibility, sphere, world, realm, field, discipline, domain, territory, orbit, preserve, business, affair, line of business, line, speciality, forte, charge, concern, worry, duty, jurisdiction, authority
British line of country
informal pigeon, bailiwick, turf