Regions vs Province - What's the difference?
regions | province |
the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
* 2000 , Emer Hughes,
* 2003 , Peter Hetherington,
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 regions and province
is that regions is plural of lang=en 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 a proper noun province is
northern Ireland.regions
English
Noun
(head)Fair city losing out to the regions'', ''Sunday Business Post 7 November:
- Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
Study points civil servants towards the regions'', ''The Guardian , 10 September:
- Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions .
