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Province

🔄 Synonyms of "Province"

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statenounA condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
mandatenounAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
territorynounA large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
responsibilitynounA duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
territorial dominionnouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
colonynounA group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
dominionnounPower or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.

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territorynounA large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
colonynounA group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
mandatenounAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
responsibilitynounA duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
dominionnounPower or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
statenounA condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
territorial dominionnouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
provincialnounA person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
districtnounAn administrative division of an area.
territorialnounA non-professional member of a territorial army.
regionnounAny considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
provinciallyIn a provincial way.
governoratenounThe territory governed by a governor; a province.
federatedUnited, as a federation, under a central government
prefecturenounThe jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
governmentnounThe body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
ministrynounGovernment department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
departmentalOf or pertaining to a department.
townnounA settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
departmentnounA subdivision of an organization.

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