province
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(noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" |
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Synonyms: responsibility |
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Related Words: area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
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(noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" |
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Synonyms: state |
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Related Words: American state, Assam, Australian state, Bavaria, Bihar, Buganda, Canadian province, Chihuahua, Eritrea, Gansu, Gujarat, Gujerat, Indonesian Borneo, Italian region, Kalimantan, Kansu, Lower Saxony, Orissa, Sichuan, Soviet Socialist Republic, Szechuan, Szechwan, Tirol, Tyrol, Yunnan, administrative district, administrative division, commonwealth, territorial division |
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(noun) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state |
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Synonyms: colony, dominion, mandate, territorial dominion, territory |
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Related Words: Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes, French Oceania, French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Macao, Macau, Palestine, possession, trust territory, trusteeship |
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