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A '''province''' can mean a principal subdivision of a [[country]], an administrative division within a [[state]], or an administative division within a conquered territory. | A '''province''' can mean a principal subdivision of a [[country]], an administrative division within a [[state]], or an administative division within a conquered territory. (For "province" as a jurisdictional subdivision of a Christian church organization or religious order, see [[province (religion)]].) | ||
==Other uses== | ==Other uses== | ||
[[Northern Ireland]] became known as 'the Province', originally a translation of the Nordic word [[Ulster]] - which is one of the four original Irish provinces, and of which Northern Ireland covers two thirds.<ref>Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1992</ref> Northern Ireland is sometimes called a province of the [[United Kingdom]], though not normally by the UK government or the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]. | [[Northern Ireland]] became known as 'the Province', originally a translation of the Nordic word [[Ulster]] - which is one of the four original Irish provinces, and of which Northern Ireland covers two thirds.<ref>Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1992</ref> Northern Ireland is sometimes called a province of the [[United Kingdom]], though not normally by the UK government or the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]. | ||
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A province can mean a principal subdivision of a country, an administrative division within a state, or an administative division within a conquered territory. (For "province" as a jurisdictional subdivision of a Christian church organization or religious order, see province (religion).)
Other uses
Northern Ireland became known as 'the Province', originally a translation of the Nordic word Ulster - which is one of the four original Irish provinces, and of which Northern Ireland covers two thirds.[1] Northern Ireland is sometimes called a province of the United Kingdom, though not normally by the UK government or the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- ↑ Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1992