prowincja
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See also: prowincją
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōvincia.
Pronunciation
Noun
prowincja f
- countryside (part of a country that is remote from the capital and major cultural centres)
- (derogatory) backwater (backward place)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zadupie
- province (subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)
- (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) province (area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop)
- Synonyms: archidiecezja, arcybiskupstwo
- (Roman Catholicism) province (area under the jurisdiction of a provincial superior)
- (Ancient Rome, historical) province (administrative region of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that was controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire)
Declension
Declension of prowincja
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prowincja | prowincje |
| genitive | prowincji | prowincji/prowincyj (archaic) |
| dative | prowincji | prowincjom |
| accusative | prowincję | prowincje |
| instrumental | prowincją | prowincjami |
| locative | prowincji | prowincjach |
| vocative | prowincjo | prowincje |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Related terms
adjective
adverb
nouns
verb
- prowincjonalnieć impf
Descendants
- → Russian: провинция (provincija)