English Dictionary

province

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɑvɪns/

名詞

ラテン文字 複数形 定冠詞付き

A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. / An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.

日本語の意味

地域、地方（大陸や国における一定の地域） / 行政区画（例えば、カナダや中国における国の行政区分）

The research team traveled across the province to study its unique ecosystems.

研究チームは、その独特な生態系を調査するために地域を横断して移動した。

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

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

Chowta-Zhin, who is ſaid to be a man of buſineſs and preciſion, and cautious of advancing facts, at the requeſt of Earl Macartney, delivered to him a ſtatement taken from one of the public officers in the capitol, of the inhabitants of the fifteen ancient provinces of China, or China proper, within the great wall ; according to which the number of inhabitants, taken by a regular enumeration, amounts to 333,000,000!

意味（3）

(Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.

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

意味（4）

(Christianity) 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.

意味（5）

(Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.

意味（6）

(in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city.

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.

意味（7）

An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.

More than half a million women are now employed on the railways of the Soviet Union, and some of them perform such duties as those of engine drivers and stationmasters, formerly considered the sole province of men.

provinces （ plural ）