<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an administrative division or unit of a country.</li><li>the provinces, the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.</li><li>(in England) all parts of the country outside of London.</li><li>a country, territory, district, or region.</li><li>Geography: physiographic province.</li><li>a department or branch of learning or activity: the province of mathematics.</li><li>Synonyms: area</li><li>sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person; office, function, or business: Such decisions do not lie within his province.</li><li>a major subdivision of British India.</li><li>an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction.</li><li>History/Historical: any of the North American colonies now forming major administrative divisions of Canada.</li><li>any of certain colonies of Great Britain which are now part of the U.S.</li><li>Roman History: a country or territory outside of Italy, brought under the ancient Roman dominion and administered by a governor sent from Rome.</li><li>Mining: an individual mineral-producing area.</li></ul>