provincia

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provincia
feminine noun
1 province (división administrativa)
  • provincias -> the provinces (no la capital)

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provincia [pro-veen’-the-ah]
noun
1 Province, one of the divisions of a kingdom. (f)
2 A certain number of convents under the direction of a provincial. (f)
3 Provincial court appointed to try and decide civil causes. (f)
4 Province, an important business which is to be treated upon. (f)

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provincia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (distrito) province; (España) (Administración) county
la capital de la provincia the provincial capital; las Provincias Vascongadas (Hist) the Basque Provinces; the Basque Country
2
de provincias: un pueblo de provincias a country town; a provincial town; lleva una vida de provincias she lives a provincial life; una gira por provincias a tour of the provinces
Spain is divided into 55 administrative provincias, including the islands and Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa. Each one has a capital de provincia, which generally has the same name as the province itself. Provincias are grouped by geography, history and culture into comunidades autónomas.
provinciascapital de provinciaProvinciascomunidades autónomas
note note See culture box in entry comunidad.

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