United Provinces
Americannoun
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(used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
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(used with a plural verb) the seven northern provinces in the Low Countries that declared their independence from Spain in 1581 and laid the foundation for the establishment of the Netherlands.
plural noun
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a Dutch republic (1581–1795) formed by the union of the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands, which were in revolt against their suzerain, Philip II of Spain
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the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh See Uttar Pradesh
Example Sentences
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Originally a Dutch vessel, the Zorg came to Africa’s west coast in late 1780 from the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Morazán served as president of the United Provinces of Central America from 1830 to 1840.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023
William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey was born in 1872 and rose to be governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928 and Governor of the United Provinces from 1928 to 1934.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022
The United Provinces of the Netherlands was different from other European states of the time.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
The Dutch are the only significant exception: in the United Provinces the universities were teaching Cartesian philosophy by the late seventeenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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