Synonyms for province
ˈprɒv ɪnsprov·ince

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1. province

   Synonyms:
   tract, region, department, section, sphere, domain, territory

   Antonyms:
   metropolis, centre, capital

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1. state, provincenoun

   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   "his state is in the deep south"

   Synonyms:
   nation, country, state, responsibility, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of matter

2. province, responsibilitynoun

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   "it was his province to take care of himself"

   Synonyms:
   state, responsibility, duty, responsibleness, obligation

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1. • Sphere

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1. provincenoun

   Synonyms:
   territory, region, tract, domain, district

2. provincenoun

   Synonyms:
   dependency, colony

3. provincenoun

   Synonyms:
   business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity

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1. List of paraphrases for "province":

   provincial, prov, provinces, provincia, boycott, governorate, boycotting, provincie, al-muqataa, county, muqata, governorates, prefecture, brunswick, muqataa, district, columbia, territory, ontario

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1. Saeed Suliman Shah:

   We need the large planes in every province, but we're only able to move them out of Kabul, this is a big country.

2. Sergio Unac:

   With this fine we are protecting the development of mining activities in the province.

3. Lin Boqiang:

   Xinjiang is potentially a major energy province, and as the chairman of the region he certainly is the most experienced in its energy business.

4. Salman Badi:

   We came from Amran province on a visit to find out that the prison has been hit by warplanes. This is a another crime to be added to their other crimes.

5. Thomas Farrell:

   With compassion for the victims and their families, as well as for the Catholic family and the community at large, the Province and its leadership have worked to cooperate with the Office of Attorney General throughout this investigation in the hope that this information could shed light on events that the Province, too, struggles to understand, the Province extends its most sincere apologies to the victims and to the communities who have been harmed.