prowincja

Borrowed from Latin prōvincia.

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈvin.t͡sja/

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• Rhymes: -int͡sja
• Syllabification: pro‧win‧cja

prowincja f

1. countryside (part of a country that is remote from the capital and major cultural centres)
2. (derogatory) backwater (backward place)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zadupie

3. province (subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)
4. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) province (area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop)

   Synonyms: archidiecezja, arcybiskupstwo

5. (Roman Catholicism) province (area under the jurisdiction of a provincial superior)
6. (Ancient Rome, historical) province (administrative region of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that was controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire)

• → Russian: провинция (provincija)

• prowincja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prowincja in Polish dictionaries at PWN