provincia
province
noun proh-VEEN-chah Common
Origin: Latin provincia, 'administrative territory'
Usage Note
Provincia in Italy refers to an official administrative division between a municipality and a region — Italy has over 100 province. The adjective provinciale can also carry the informal sense of 'parochial' or 'small-town.' The plural is regular: le province.
Examples
"Abito in una piccola provincia del nord."
Natural Translation
I live in a small province in the north.
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