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   provincial

   /prəˈvɪnʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. of or concerning a province of a country or empire: "provincial elections" Similar non-metropolitansmall-townnon-urbanoutlyingruralcountryrusticbackwoodsbackwaterinformal:one-horsehickfreshwaterOpposite nationalmetropolitancosmopolitan
   • 2. of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "provincial towns" Similar regionalstateterritorialdistrictlocalsectoralzonalcantonalcountyparochialcolonialunsophisticatednarrow-mindedparochialsmall-townsuburbaninsularparish-pumpinward-lookinglimitedrestrictedlocalistconservativenarrowsmall-mindedpettyblinkeredilliberalinflexiblebigotedprejudicedintolerantinformal:jerkwatercorn-fedOpposite nationalsophisticatedbroad-minded

   noun

   • 1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
   • ▪ (in Canada) sporting contests held between teams representing the country's administrative divisions.
   • 2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"
   • ▪ local newspapers, as contrasted with national ones. British
   • 3. the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin provincialis ‘belonging to a province’ (see province).

   Derivatives

   • 1. provinciality noun
   • 2. provincialization noun
   • 3. provincialize verb
   • 4. provincially adverb

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   What does provincial mean?

   • Provincial means relating to a large section of a country which has its own administration. ...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province. If you describe someone or something as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring. He decided to revamp the company's provincial image.

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   What is a provincial person?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PROVINCIAL definition: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city 2. relating to an area…. Learn more.

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   What does province mean?

   • 1. belonging or peculiar to a particular province or provinces; local. 2. of or pertaining to the provinces. 3. rustic, narrow, or illiberal; unsophisticated; parochial.

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   What does province mean in Catholicism?

   • (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. (obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.

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   What does provincial m mean?

   • provincial m or f (plural provinciais) Borrowed from Latin provincialis. By surface analysis, provincie + -al. provincial m (plural provinciali) From Latin prōvinciālis. provincial m or f (masculine and feminine plural provinciales)

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   What is a provincial point of view?

   • a provincial point of view. Italian Provincial. History/Historical. of or relating to any of the American provinces of Great Britain. a person who lives in or comes from the provinces. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness. Ecclesiastical. the head of an ecclesiastical province.

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   Provincial can be a noun or an adjective that refers to someone or something from a part of a country outside its capital city, or to something old-fashioned and simple. Learn how to use provincial in sentences and see translations in different languages.

   • English (US)

     PROVINCIAL meaning: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in...

   • Znaczenie Provincial, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PROVINCIAL definicja: 1. a person who comes from somewhere...

   • Provincial in Spanish

     PROVINCIAL translate: provincial, de provincia, provincial...

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     PROVINCIAL translate: prowincjonalny, prowincji ,...

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     PROVINCIAL translate: provincial, provinciano,...

   • Translate English to Japanese

     PROVINCIAL translate: 州（管轄）の, 省の, 地方の, 地方特有の, 州（しゅう） /...

   • Translate English to Italian

     provincial translate: provinciale, provinciale, provinciale....

   • Provincial in French

     provincial translate: de province, provincial/-ale,...

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   Provincial means of or relating to a province, or of or characteristic of people from the provinces. It can also mean limited in perspective, narrow, or unsophisticated. See different sources, translations, and examples of provincial.

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   Provincial means belonging or peculiar to some particular province, local, or rustic. It can also refer to a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness, or a member of a religious order.

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   1. :of, relating to, or coming from a province. a provincial official. She speaks with a provincial accent. 2. [more provincial; most provincial]disapproving:not knowing or caring about people and events in other places:having narrow or limited concerns or interests. an artist who has been criticized for being provincial and old-fashioned.

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