Province

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.

   “[…] we should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified,—[…]—in the different great geographical provinces of the world.”

2. isim An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.

   “The telegraph administration refuses to transmit messages either to or from the Provinces of Hu-Peh, Hu-Nan, Kiang-Si, Sze-Chuan, Kwei-Chow, and Yu-Nan^([sic – meaning Yun-Nan]).”

3. isim An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.

   “He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.”

4. isim An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.

   “In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.”

5. isim An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
6. isim The parts of a country outside its national capital.

   “To-day the first part of the new Indian Constitution comes into force with the granting of a large measure of autonomy to the provinces.”

7. isim A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
8. isim An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.

   “Some few hands are reserved called ship-keepers, whose province it is to work the vessel while the boats are pursuing the whale.”

9. özel isim A surname.