provincial
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pro·vin·cial
(prə-vĭn'shəl) 
adj.
adj.
- Of or relating to a province.
- Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca).
- Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
- A native or inhabitant of the provinces.
- A person who has provincial ideas or habits.
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provincial
adjective
- Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, rural, rustic. Informal hick. See urban/rural.
- Having the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolation: insular, limited, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town. See limited/unlimited.
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provincial
adj
Definition: countrified, limited
Antonyms: citified, cosmopolitan, liberal, metropolitan, modern
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provincial
IN BRIEF: Of or like country people as apart from city people. Also: Coming from one of the large divisions of land in certain countries.
The provincial capital of British Columbia is Victoria.
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Provincial
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Provincial may refer to:
- Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country.
- Provincial examinations, a school-leaving exam in British Columbia, Canada
- A provincial superior of a religious order
- The Provincial sector of British Rail, which was later renamed Regional Railways
- Provincial Airlines, a Canadian airline
- Provincial park, the equivalent of national parks in the Canadian provinces
- Provincial city (disambiguation), a type of city in the People's Republic of China
- Provincial Secretary, a position in Canadian government
- Provincial Reconstruction Team, a military unit used by Western forces in Afghanistan
- Provincial council (disambiguation), various meanings
- Member of Provincial Parliament (disambiguation), a title for legislators in Ontario, Canada as well as Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
- Sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China
- Provincial Court, a type of law court in Canada
- Provincial symbols such as those of Canada
- Provincial (soldier), a type of regular recruited by the British in their American colonies for service there
- Provincial (album), the first solo album by John K. Samson
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Provincial
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - provins-, provinsiel
n. - provinsboer
Nederlands (Dutch)
provinciaal, uit de provincie, gewestelijk, niet werelds, bekrompen, hoofd van een religieuze orde
Français (French)
adj. - provincial, de province, en province
n. - provincial, (Relig) supérieur
Deutsch (German)
adj. - Provinz..., provinziell
n. - Provinzbewohner(in)
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επαρχιακός, επαρχιώτικος
Italiano (Italian)
provinciale
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - provinciano
Русский (Russian)
провинциальный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - provincial, de provincia
n. - provincial
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - regional, provinsiell, lantlig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
省的, 偏狭的, 地方的, 乡下人, 地方人民
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 省的, 偏狹的, 地方的
n. - 鄉下人, 地方人民
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지방의, 지방적인, 대교구의
n. - 지방인, 시골뜨기
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 地方の, 州の, 田舎じみた, 視野の狭い
n. - 地方出身者, 田舎者
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) قروي, ريفي, أقليمي, ضيق الأفق
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - קרתני, צר-אופק, כפרי, מוגבל
n. - תושב של מחוז, כפרי
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