provincial
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The presumed patient zero is a nurse who died in the provincial capital Bunia, but was buried in Mongwalu, also a gold-mining town.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
According to Kamba, patient zero was a nurse who reported to a health facility in Ituri's provincial capital Bunia on April 24, with symptoms suggesting Ebola.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Additional suspected cases have also been reported in Ituri's provincial capital, Bunia, with laboratory confirmation pending.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Just for openers, he could ponder why a world-class opera house has started slipping into provincial status.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
But Úrsula did not bother to dig it up because it was rumored in those days that Colonel Aureliano Buendía had been killed in a landing near the provincial capital.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing provincial
The Great Gatsby
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Grade 11, List 5
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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