province
English Thesaurus
1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (noun.location)
| hyponym | : | commonwealth, |
| definition | : | the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | eparchy, |
| definition | : | a province in ancient Greece (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | american state, |
| definition | : | one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | italian region, |
| definition | : | Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | canadian province, |
| definition | : | Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | australian state, |
| definition | : | one of the several states constituting Australia (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | soviet socialist republic, |
| definition | : | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gansu, gansu province, kansu, |
| definition | : | a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | hunan, hunan province, |
| definition | : | a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region, |
| definition | : | an 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | inner mongolia, nei monggol, |
| definition | : | an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | yucatan, |
| definition | : | a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | campeche, |
| definition | : | a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | chihuahua, |
| definition | : | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | coahuila, |
| definition | : | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | quintana roo, |
| definition | : | a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tabasco, |
| definition | : | a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lower saxony, |
| definition | : | a state in northwestern Germany (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bavaria, |
| definition | : | a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | kosovo, |
| definition | : | a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bosnia, |
| definition | : | the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tirol, tyrol, |
| definition | : | a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | assam, |
| definition | : | state in northeastern India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | karnataka, mysore, |
| definition | : | state in southern India; formerly Mysore (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | manipur, |
| definition | : | state in northeastern India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | andhra pradesh, |
| definition | : | a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bihar, |
| definition | : | a state of northeastern India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | goa, |
| definition | : | a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gujarat, gujerat, |
| definition | : | an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | madras, tamil nadu, |
| definition | : | a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | uttar pradesh, |
| definition | : | a state in northern India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | orissa, |
| definition | : | state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west bengal, |
| definition | : | a state in eastern India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | indonesian borneo, kalimantan, |
| definition | : | the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | friesland, |
| definition | : | one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | free state, orange free state, |
| definition | : | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | transvaal, |
| definition | : | a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape province, |
| definition | : | a 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape of good hope, |
| definition | : | a province of western South Africa (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | abkhaz, abkhazia, |
| definition | : | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | adzhar, adzharia, |
| definition | : | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | buganda, |
| definition | : | a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom (noun.location) |
| member meronym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | ecclesiastical province, |
| definition | : | the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order (noun.state) |
3. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (noun.location)
| derivation | : | provincial, |
| definition | : | characteristic of the provinces or their people (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | provincial, |
| definition | : | of or associated with a province (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | provincial, |
| definition | : | characteristic of the provinces or their people (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | provincial, |
| definition | : | of or associated with a province (adj.pert) |
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