A geographic area of some considerable extent, smaller than a continent but larger than a region, which is unified by some or all of its characteristics and which can therefore be studied as a whole. A faunal province, for example, has a particular assemblage of animal species, which differs from assemblages in different contemporaneous environments elsewhere.
(Source: WHIT)
An administrative subdivision of a country, in some cases relatively autonomous and equivalent to a state, in others, smaller and less autonomous and more akin to a county.
the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
