Other forms: provinces
A province is a large region of a country with its own administration. The eastern province, a Canadian province, provincial government.
Which countries use the word is a matter of history — Canada and China have provinces where others have states, regions or counties, and the powers differ enormously. Outside its province means outside somebody's area of responsibility. The Latin named a conquered territory.
1nounprovinceA large region of a country with its own administration.
“Quebec is a French-speaking province of Canada.”
province is a region.
PROVINCE → what CANADA has where America has states
Canada is made of provinces where America is made of states: a big region with its own government, inside one country.
hooks ontostate
Latin provincia named a territory outside Italy under Roman administration; the further origin is uncertain.
Latin
prōvincia
Old French
province
Anglo-Norman
province
Middle English
provynce
English, today
province
Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- + vinciō. boldġetæl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA