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. Llanos Ortiz:

   The bombing of civilian targets, with or without warning, is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, it is even more serious to target a whole province.

2. Khaled Bahah:

   We congratulate the people of Aden and the Republic of Yemen as whole for what has been achieved in the last two days ... The government announces the liberation of Aden province.

3. Public Safety Canada:

   The Government operations centre continues to coordinate the federal response effort by ensuring the province has the resources they need.

4. Tom Carter:

   I drift like a cloud, Across these venerable eastern lands, A journey of unfathomable distances, An endless scroll of experiences... Lady Zhejiang here we must part, For the next province awaits my embrace. Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East, Where do you go?

5. Christopher Willingham:

   Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.