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Is province a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word province is a Scrabble US word. The word province is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is province a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word province is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PROVINCE,

7-letter words (5 found)

CORVINE,PERICON,PONCIER,PORCINE,PROVINE,

6-letter words (18 found)

COINER,COPIER,COVINE,CREPON,ENVIRO,NOVICE,ORCEIN,ORCINE,ORPINE,PERNIO,PINCER,PIONER,PRINCE,PROINE,PROVEN,RECOIN,RENVOI,VOICER,

5-letter words (35 found)

COPEN,COPER,CORNI,COVEN,COVER,COVIN,CRINE,CRIPE,CRONE,ENVOI,IRONE,NICER,ONCER,OPINE,ORCIN,ORPIN,OVINE,PERVO,PONCE,PORIN,PREON,PRICE,PRION,PROIN,PRONE,PROVE,RECON,REPIN,RIPEN,RIVEN,ROVEN,VINER,VIPER,VIREO,VOICE,

4-letter words (67 found)

CERO,CINE,CION,CIRE,CIVE,COIN,COIR,CONE,CONI,COPE,CORE,CORN,COVE,CRIP,CRON,CROP,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,ICON,INRO,IRON,NEVI,NICE,NOIR,NOPE,NORI,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,OPEN,OVEN,OVER,PEIN,PENI,PEON,PERC,PERI,PERN,PERV,PICE,PIER,PINE,PION,PIRN,PONE,PORE,PORN,REIN,RENO,REPO,RICE,RINE,RIPE,RIVE,RIVO,ROIN,RONE,ROPE,ROVE,VEIN,VICE,VIER,VINE,VINO,VIRE,VOIP,

3-letter words (43 found)

CEP,CON,COP,COR,ECO,EON,ERN,EVO,ICE,ION,IRE,NEP,NIE,NIP,NOR,ONE,OPE,ORC,ORE,PEC,PEN,PER,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIR,POI,PRE,PRO,REC,REI,REN,REO,REP,REV,RIN,RIP,ROC,ROE,VIE,VIN,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

EN,ER,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,OR,PE,PI,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 185 words from province according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of province

province

Etymology

From Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- and vinciō. Replaced Old English boldġetæl.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prŏvʹĭns
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑv.ɪns/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒv.ɪns/

Noun

province (plural provinces)

  1. A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]
  2. An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. [from 14th c.]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:province.
  3. (historical, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect. [from 14th c.]
    Synonym: eparchy (formal equivalent to Latin prōvincia in Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire)
  4. (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. [from 14th c.]
  5. (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
  6. (in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city. [from 17th c.]
  7. An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. [from 17th c.]

Usage notes

Province is the generic English term for such primary divisions of a country, but is not used where another official term has widespread use, such as France's regions and departments, Switzerland's cantons, or the United States of America's and Australia's states. Territories and colonies are sometimes distinguished from provinces as unorganized areas of low or foreign population, which are not considered an integral part of the country. Sovereign subdivisions of a larger whole, such as the principalities of the former Holy Roman Empire or the countries within the European Union, are likewise not usually described as provinces.

Synonyms

  • (principal subdivision of a state): circuit, tao, dao, route, lu (imperial and early Republican China)

Coordinate terms

  • canton (Swiss); county (British); department (French); oblast (Russian); state (U.S., Australian); voivodeship (Poland)
  • shire
  • territory

Derived terms

Related terms

  • provincial

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: provins

Translations

Further reading

  • “province, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “province, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4805.
  • “province, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “province, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4805.
  • “province”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōvincia. Doublet of Provence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/

Noun

province f (plural provinces)

  1. province
  2. (Paris) the countryside; or more broadly, the rest of France (outside Paris)

Usage notes

  • The second sense ("France outside Paris"), used by Parisians, is sometimes perceived as pejorative by people outside Paris.

Related terms

  • provincial

References

Further reading

  • “province”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

province f pl

  1. plural of provincia

Synonyms

  • provincie

Middle English

Noun

province

  1. Alternative form of provynce

Middle French

Noun

province f (plural provinces)

  1. province (subdivision of a territory)

Descendants

  • French: province
  • → Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
    • English: province
      • Tok Pisin: provins
    • Scots: province

References

  • province on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • provinz, pruvince

Noun

province oblique singular, f (oblique plural provinces, nominative singular province, nominative plural provinces)

  1. province (subdivision of a territory)

Descendants

  • Middle French: province
    • French: province
    • → Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
      • English: province
        • Tok Pisin: provins
      • Scots: province
  • Norman: provînche, provinche

References

  • province on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (province, supplement)

Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʀɔ.vɛ̃s/

Noun

province f (plural provinces)

  1. province

Source: wiktionary.org