province
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After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt in the year 135, Emperor Hadrian renamed the province Syria Palaestina, invoking the Philistines, enemies of Israel, to erase Jewish identification with the land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
De la Espriella comes from cattle country in northern Cordoba province, growing up in an affluent family in the city of Montería about an hour’s drive from the country’s northwest Caribbean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
In Shanxi, the province that sits at the heart of China's coal-mining industry, there's long been a saying: "Only go down a coal pit when you have no other way out."
From BBC • May 31, 2026
WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is continuing a visit to DR Congo's Ituri province, the worst-hit area, where he is overseeing containment efforts.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“Because I cannot. It is neither within my power nor my province to do so.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing province
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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