prowincja

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See also: prowincją

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin prōvincia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /prɔˈvin.t͡sja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -int͡sja
  • Syllabification: pro‧win‧cja

Noun[edit]

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)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Related terms[edit]

adjective
adverb
nouns
verb

Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: провинция (provincija)

Further reading[edit]

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