province
noun
an administrative division or unit of a country.
provinces
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pluralof province.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The man, whose identity has not been made public, had lived in DR Congo for seven years and had travelled across three of its provinces on business.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
She toured remote provinces rarely visited by international journalists in recent years thanks to government restrictions and the difficulty of procuring fuel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
More rain was forecast throughout Sunday for Bangkok and its surrounding provinces, but would begin to taper off on Monday, it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
With the marry-anywhere policy, Beijing is turning to a familiar move in its economic playbook: pushing provinces and cities to duke it out for growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Nearly two million ethnic Koreans now live in China’s three northeast provinces, with the highest concentration in Jilin, which Shin entered when he crawled across the frozen river.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
