Province vs. District
Provincenoun
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
Provincenoun
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
Provincenoun
(Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.
Provincenoun
(Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
Provincenoun
The parts of a country outside its capital city.
Provincenoun
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
Provincenoun
A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.
Provincenoun
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
Provincenoun
A region of country; a tract; a district.
Provincenoun
A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
Provincenoun
The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
Provincenoun
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
Provincenoun
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation;
Provincenoun
the proper sphere or extent of your activities;
Provincenoun
a principal administrative division of a country or empire
Provincenoun
Northern Ireland
Provincenoun
a district under an archbishop or a metropolitan.
Provincenoun
a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor.
Provincenoun
the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture
Provincenoun
an area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility
Province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman provincia, which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy.
Districtnoun
An administrative division of an area.
Districtnoun
An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
Districtnoun
(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
Districtverb
(transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Districtadjective
(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
Districtadjective
Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
Districtnoun
The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
Districtnoun
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
Districtnoun
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
Districtverb
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
Districtnoun
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Districtverb
regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district.
