province

province
n
1. state, territory, region, area, district, division, zone, section, quarter, estate, pale, lands, demesne; dependency, dominion, realm, domain; ar-rondissement, canton, department; precinct, constituency, parish, borough, county; city, township, town, village, community; ward, neighborhood.
2. bailiwick, jurisdiction, beat, circuit, round, post, billet, station, berth; assignment, part, job, situation, place; sphere, compass, orbit, locale, locality, Inf. neck of the woods; authority, charge, function, capacity, role.
3. discipline, field, specialty, forte, specialization, branch, school, art, science; employment, line, occupation, business, trade, profession, Inf. racket, Inf. game, line of business or work; walk, walk of life, category, status; area of activity or pursuit, calling, lifework, persuasion; scope, latitude, ambit, span; long suit, mdtier, gift, genius, special genius, endowment.
4. the provinces
outlying districts, backwoods, hinterlands, wilds, wilderness, frontier, woods, bush, Sl. boondocks, Sl. boonies, Australian. outback, parts unknown, no man's land; the country, the countryside, small towns, farm country, exurbia, U.S. Inf. the sticks, U.S. Sl. hicksville.

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