United Provinces

American  

noun

1. (used with a singular or plural verb)  former name of Uttar Pradesh.

2. (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.

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United Provinces British  

plural noun

1. 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

2. the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh See Uttar Pradesh

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Example Sentences

Irritated by the president’s style, six governors have formed a group called United Provinces to pursue their own interests, in some cases against the government.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his 1773 book “The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands and United Provinces,” British musician Charles Burney described the polonaise as being very popular across Saxony and especially at the court in Dresden where Poland’s elected king Augustus II The Strong had introduced it decades earlier.

From Seattle Times

Cecil Walsh chronicled a crime of passion that unfolded in Agra - then a territory under the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in British-ruled India - and shocked the world.

From BBC

Morazán served as president of the United Provinces of Central America from 1830 to 1840.

From Los Angeles Times

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