province
National subdivision area
A province is a principal administrative division of a country, similar to a state: the Canadian provinces, the provinces of China.
Beyond geography, province means a sphere of knowledge or activity: That's outside my province.
In British usage, the provinces refers to areas outside the capital—the regions considered less sophisticated or cosmopolitan than London.
Indefinite bounded area
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- stateCondition or mode
- districtBounded administrative area
- prefectureAdministered regional territory
canton · oblast · department · governorate · subdivision · jurisdiction · boundary · capital
Area of control
- spherePerfectly round solid
- fieldArea of specialty
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
area · purview · jurisdiction · specialty · bailiwick · department · concern · responsibility
State's chief executive
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- ministryClergy's work or state department
bureaucracy · authority · cabinet · regulation · policy · budget · ordinance · statute
Rural area beyond towns
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
- backwaterStagnant side channel
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
heartland · backcountry · interior · farmland · pastoral · rustic · agricultural · regional
Roman name for Spain
- GaulRoman-era Western Europe
- BritanniaPersonified island nation
- SyriaLevant country, capital Damascus
- proconsulRoman provincial ruler
legate · procurator · tribute · conquest · annexation · imperial · Latin · colonization
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
- seePerceive with eyes
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- parishLocal church community
vicariate · apostolic · patriarchate · synod · canonical · ecclesiastical · suffragan · prelature
region
Indefinite bounded area
prefecture · canton · oblast · department · governorate · subdivision · jurisdiction · boundary · capital · demarcation
domain
Area of control
territory · area · purview · jurisdiction · specialty · bailiwick · department · concern · responsibility · competence
governor
State's chief executive
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
ministry · bureaucracy · authority · cabinet · regulation · policy · budget · ordinance · statute · premier
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
- backwaterStagnant side channel
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
periphery · heartland · backcountry · interior · farmland · pastoral · rustic · agricultural · regional · non-metropolitan
Hispania
Roman name for Spain
proconsul · legate · procurator · tribute · conquest · annexation · imperial · Latin · colonization · pacification
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
- seePerceive with eyes
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
parish · vicariate · apostolic · patriarchate · synod · canonical · ecclesiastical · suffragan · prelature
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- territoriesstate, region, country, colony, dominion
- territoryterritory, land, region, domain, realm
- zones and regionszone, region, district, territory, sector
- Iberian HistorySpain, Portugal, Iberia, Castile, Aragon
- administrative divisionsdistrict, county, region, state, municipality
provincenation
Sovereign political entity
country · federal government · capital · municipality · national government
provincecapital
Wealth used for investment
metropolis · center · capital city · seat of power · hub
provinceavocation
Pursuit outside one's profession
recreation · hobby · retreat · wilderness · sideline
- provincial capitalChief city of province
- provincial lifeExistence in rural areas
- Italian provinceRegional governmental division
- French provincialRural furniture aesthetic
- provincial townSettlement outside major cities
- provincial parkGovernment-protected natural land
provincial, provinces, provincialism, provincially, provincials, provincewide, provincial capital