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A principal administrative division of a country or empire
“Battambang became a prosperous province in the 1990s, and the city benefited from extensive private investment from nearby Thailand.”
An underdeveloped non-metropolitan region, area or district
“Does he think we are hicks from the Province or something?”
A region consisting of wilderness or backcountry
“In the wild province, vast sweeping moors and bushy dunes are buffeted by Cape Cod's deadly sea, the site of one thousand known shipwrecks.”
An area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility
“Mr. Holloway said it was not his province to decide on his own jurisdiction.”
A place, especially in a town or city and having a particular character or use
An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single authority
The scope or extent of something, typically of one's interest or control
A category having attributes in common while differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality
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