City vs Province - What's the difference?
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A large settlement, bigger than a town.
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, title= (lb) The central business district; downtown.
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A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (Canada) one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).
A territorial area within a country.
A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.
(British) Northern Ireland
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As nouns the difference between city and province
is that city is a large settlement, bigger than a town while province is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).As proper nouns the difference between city and province
is that city is a popular shortened form of the City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established while province is northern Ireland.city
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(wikipedia city)Alternative forms
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(cities)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city ’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
