# provinces

Pronunciation: US say "PRAH-vin-siz" /ˈpɹɑvɪnsɪz/; UK say "PRO-vin-siz" /ˈpɹɒvɪnsɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of province. — plural of province
   - Simple: Plural of province. Use this form when you mean more than one province.
   - _The empire was divided into several provinces, each with its own governor._
   - _Heavy rains flooded farmland across the southern provinces._
2. The parts of a country outside the capital and major cities, regarded as rustic or parochial; the hinterland.
   - Simple: The parts of a country far from the capital and big cities, sometimes seen as old-fashioned.
   - _After years in the capital, he retired to the provinces to write._
   - _Touring companies often skip the provinces in favor of the big urban theaters._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/provinces (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).