Meaning

noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities

originInherited from Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- (“forward”) + vinciō (“to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle”). Displaced Old English boldġetæl.

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