province
♦ prov|ince /pr'ɒvɪns/ (provinces)
1 [N-COUNT]
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.
2 [N-PLURAL] usu the N
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.
3 [N-SING] with poss
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.
1 [N-COUNT]
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.
...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.
2 [N-PLURAL] usu the N
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.
The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.
3 [N-SING] with poss
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.
Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.