province
Kelime Anlamı :

1. il.
2. uzmanlık alanı.
3. i l.
4. ilme.
5. vilâyet.
6. branş.
7. provins.
8. bölge.
9. yetki.
10. saha.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1. A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level.
2. A territorial area within a country.
3. A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.
4. northern ireland
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. originally, a country of considerable extent which, being reduced under roman dominion, was remodeled, subjected to the rule of a governor sent from rome, and charged with such taxes and contributions as the romans saw fit to impose. the earliest roman province was sicily.
2. an administrative division of a country: as, the provinces of spain; the former provinces of france; more loosely, any important administrative unit, as one of the governments of russia or of the crownlands of austria.
3. A part of a country or state as distinguished from the capital or the larger cities; the country: usually in the plural: as, an actor who is starring in the provinces.
4. eccles., the territory within which an arch bishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction: as, the province of Canterbury; the province of Illinois.
5. in the roman catholic church, one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order, as of the Franciscans, or of the propaganda.
6. A region of country; a tract; a large extent.
7. the proper duty, office, or business of a person; sphere of action; function.
8. A division in any department of knowledge or activity; a department.
9. in zoology, a prime division of animals; a phylum; a subkingdom; a branch; a type: as, in Owen's classification, the four provincesvertebrate., Articulata, mollusca, and Radiata. the prime divisions of a province are called subprovinces.
10. in zoögeog., a subregion; a faunal area less extensive than a region. thus, the Nearctic or north american region is zoologically divided into the eastern, middle, and western provinces.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the proper sphere or extent of your activities
2. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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