Definitions

province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /

NOUN

area of rule, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colony county department district part region territory zone

STRONG

arena bailiwick business calling canton capacity champaign charge concern demesne dependency division domain dominion duty employment field function jurisdiction line office orbit post pursuit realm role section shire sphere terrain tract walk work

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun recreation retreat unemployment whole

Example Sentences

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Syria's state news agency said he was detained in Hama province.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Now China wants the island province to work harder.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

"It is a pandemic for us," said 30-year-old mother Sharon Mbonani, who was forced to separate from her one-year-old son and send him to another province after doctors linked his respiratory problems to environmental factors.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Adam Saqib, 19, from Roseville — a city 400 miles from Los Angeles in North California — whose parents emigrated from the Punjab province of Pakistan, grew up without Punjabi culture in the U.S..

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Four days later, the vessel deposited them in the farthest province of the North, where their elegant travel attire and crocodile bags went unnoticed in the dry, suffocating heat of the siesta.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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