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province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /


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The police have said two Mozambican men were killed in Western Cape province earlier this month but have not given a motive.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In hardest-hit Sarangani province, some areas remain accessible only by helicopter while fears of aftershocks were slowing rescue efforts, local officials told reporters at a Tuesday briefing.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Slate • Jun. 9, 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

Within a month the disease had spread into almost every province of Haiti, including Port-au-Prince, as well as the neighboring Dominican Republic.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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