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Province vs Brabantian - What's the difference?

province | brabantian |

As nouns the difference between province and brabantian

is that province is 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) while brabantian is a person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp if brabantian-spoken) of brabant.

As proper nouns the difference between province and brabantian

is that province is (british) northern ireland while brabantian is the language/dialect mainly spoken in north brabant (holland), antwerp and flemish brabant provinces, (belgium).

As an adjective brabantian is

of or pertaining to the brabantian language.

province

English

(wikipedia province)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "province")

    Derived terms

    * provincehood * provincewide

    Related terms

    * provincial

    Coordinate terms

    * canton * county * department * oblast * shire * state

    Proper noun

  • (British) Northern Ireland
    • ----

    brabantian

    English

    (wikipedia Brabantian)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Brabantian language.
    • That is a Brabantian accent, and ''not'' a Limburgish one!
  • Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
    • The Brabantian calvinists emigrated ''en masse'' to Holland after the ''Sack of Antwerp'' in the 1580s.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language/dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (Holland), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces, (Belgium).
    • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and the standard language in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers at the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp. if Brabantian-spoken) of Brabant.
    • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, the Dutch.

    Usage notes

    * The name of the language, Brabantian , when it means "the Brabantian language", does not assume an article. * Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces.