province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /

NOUN

area of rule, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colony county department district part region territory zone

STRONG

arena bailiwick business calling canton capacity champaign charge concern demesne dependency division domain dominion duty employment field function jurisdiction line office orbit post pursuit realm role section shire sphere terrain tract walk work

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun recreation retreat unemployment whole

Example Sentences

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The current Ebola outbreak originated in Mongbwalu, a mining town in Congo’s Ituri province.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

These followed a magnitude 6.9 quake days earlier that killed 76 people and destroyed or damaged 72,000 buildings in Cebu province in central Philippines, according to government figures.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The province encompasses several well-known subglacial features, including the Wilkes and Aurora basins, as well as the basin containing Lake Vostok, the largest known subglacial lake on Earth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said American warplanes attacked Iranian radar sites and drone command-and-control facilities on Qeshm Island and Gorik in Iran’s Hormozgan province Saturday and Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

And here she was now, over those boulders and parched hills, with a home of her own, a husband of her own, heading toward one final, cherished province: Motherhood.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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