province

[ˈprɑːvɪns]

Definition:
1. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.
2. The proper sphere or extent of your activities.
3. A large section of a country that has its own administration.

Use 'province' in a sentence:

1. The arrangement of light industry in the province needs adjustment.
2. This university is directly under the Province.
3. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable.
4. Guerrilla groups are active in the province.
5. He was governor of the province in the late 1970s.
6. The people of the province wished to break away and form a new state.
7. Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
8. They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.
9. The economy of the province was atypical because it was particularly small.
10. The province is heavily forested and sparsely populated.
11. Such decisions are normally the province of higher management.
12. The show will tour the provinces after it closes in London.
13. The provinces of Canada.