Clues for the word "PROVINCE"
We've had 11 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 15 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on June 03, 2026.
Definition of province
- n. - A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.
- n. - A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
- n. - A region of country; a tract; a district.
- n. - A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
- n. - The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
- n. - Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - June 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - November 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 26, 2017
- Canadiana - June 20, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2016
- Canadiana - November 23, 2015
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2015
- Guardian Quick - March 14, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 06, 2012
- Canadiana - May 10, 2010
- Guardian Speedy - May 27, 2007
- LA Times - July 16, 2006
- Guardian Quick - September 24, 2005
- Guardian Speedy - September 21, 2003