province

noun

• 1a principal administrative division of a country or empire:Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province
• (the Province) British Northern Ireland: all-party talks on the future of the Province
• Christian Church a district under an archbishop or a metropolitan.
• Roman History a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor.

• 2 (the provinces) British the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture:I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train

• 3 (one's province) an area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility:she knew little about wine—that had been her father’s province