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probinsiya [pru.bin.si.ya.] : province (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: provincia: province ]
Synonyms: lalawigan

Derivatives of probinsiya


Glosses:
province
n. (location)1. province, statethe territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south"
~ administrative district, administrative division, territorial divisiona district defined for administrative purposes.
~ commonwealththe official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico).
~ country, land, statethe territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
~ eparchya province in ancient Greece.
~ american stateone of the 50 states of the United States.
~ guangdong, guangdong province, kwangtunga province in southern China.
~ gansu, gansu province, kansua province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia.
~ hebei, hebei province, hopeh, hopeia populous province in northeastern China.
~ hunan, hunan provincea province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources.
~ sichuan, szechuan, szechwan, szechwan provincea populous province of south central China.
~ yunnan, yunnan provincea province of southern China.
~ sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous regionan autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people.
~ inner mongolia, nei monggolan autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911.
~ yucatana state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
~ campechea Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche.
~ chihuahuaa state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau.
~ coahuilaa state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau.
~ quintana rooa Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula.
~ tabascoa Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche.
~ lower saxonya state in northwestern Germany.
~ bavariaa state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory.
~ italian regionItaly is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes.
~ kosovoa Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians.
~ bosniathe northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
~ canadian provinceCanada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes.
~ australian stateone of the several states constituting Australia.
~ tirol, tyrola picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy.
~ assamstate in northeastern India.
~ karnataka, mysorestate in southern India; formerly Mysore.
~ manipurstate in northeastern India.
~ andhra pradesha state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
~ bihara state of northeastern India.
~ goaa state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony.
~ gujarat, gujeratan industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay.
~ madras, tamil nadua state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras.
~ uttar pradesha state in northern India.
~ orissastate in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
~ west bengala state in eastern India.
~ indonesian borneo, kalimantanthe part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo.
~ frieslandone of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands.
~ orange free state, free statea province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997.
~ transvaala province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers.
~ cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape provincea former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa.
~ cape of good hopea province of western South Africa.
~ soviet socialist republicone of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991).
~ abkhazia, abkhazan autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability.
~ adzhar, adzhariaan autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea.
~ bugandaa state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
n. (state)2. province, responsibilitythe proper sphere or extent of your activities.; "it was his province to take care of himself"
~ arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, fielda particular environment or walk of life.; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
~ ecclesiastical provincethe district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order.; "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him"