provinces
PRAH-vin-siz/ˈpɹɑvɪnsɪz/UKPRO-vin-siz/ˈpɹɒvɪnsɪz/
- 1Plural of province. Use this form when you mean more than one province.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
The two provinces share a long border along the river.
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- 2The parts of a country far from the capital and big cities, sometimes seen as old-fashioned.
Like the quiet small towns far from a country's busy center.
She grew up in the provinces before moving to the capital for college.
Life in the provinces moves at a slower pace than in the city.
Similarcountryside, regions
Note
provinces is a form of province
province, noun: A large part of a country that has its own local government, as in Canada or China. Full entry
- Forms
- provinceprovinces plural
- Spelling
- province → provinces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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