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The correct spelling is provincial.
How to pronounce provincial
/pɹɒvinʃəl̩/
nounIPA: /pɹɒvinʃəl̩/
Say it like: Pro-vin-sha-l
The correct spelling is provincial. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. For example: "a provincial dialect"
Usage Examples
“a provincial dialect”
“a provincial synod”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- 2.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.
- 3.A country bumpkin.
adjective
- 1.Of or pertaining to a province.
- 2.Constituting a province.
- 3.Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
- 4.Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
- 5.Narrow; illiberal.
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