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province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /


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The mining town in Ituri province near the Uganda border is considered the epicentre of the outbreak.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In 2023, a 6.2 magnitude quake killed more than 120 people in the nearby mountainous Gansu province of China.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some 60% of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada in a 1980 referendum, but the province returned to the polls in 1995.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Feelings of alienation have long ebbed and flowed in the restive province of Alberta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

My parents grew up in these towering mountains, the Hauts Plateaux, in a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo called South Kivu.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

In response, some Canadian provinces have pulled US goods from their shelves and tourists who would otherwise have headed south have voted with their feet and stayed home.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

He is represented in Ottawa by a governor general and in the provinces by lieutenant governors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The new country set to work building a railway connecting British Columbia, which joined in 1871, to the eastern provinces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In Canada’s four most populous provinces, only Quebec has seen modest gains in housing starts this year and each of the seven major centers are behind 2025’s pace for new home construction, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

People came from the provinces to see the sight.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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