provynce
Middle English
Alternative forms
- provynse, province, provyns
Etymology
From Old French province, from Latin provincia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔːvins(ə)/, /ˈprɔvins(ə)/
Noun
provynce (plural provynces)
- province, area (geographical area)
- province, district (administrative division)
- A small nation; a city-state
- The inhabitants of a province or realm.
- (historical) A Roman prōvincia.
- (ecclesiastical) An ecclesiastical province.
Descendants
- English: province
- Tok Pisin: provins
- Scots: province
References
- “prō̆vince (n.) )” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.