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    provincial
    /prəˈvɪnʃl/

    adjective

    noun

    • 1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
    • 2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"

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  2. relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire: provincial governments. C2. in or from the parts of the country that are not the capital city: The majority of young professionals in the capital have moved there from provincial towns. disapproving.

    • English (US)

      PROVINCIAL meaning: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in...

  3. Learn the noun and adjective meanings of provincial, as well as its synonyms, examples, and word history. Provincial can refer to a person or thing from a province, or one with limited outlook or polish.

  4. Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city, or relating to a large section of a country with its own administration. It can also be used as a noun to describe someone who is old-fashioned and boring, or a person who comes from a rural area.

  5. Provincial definition: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local. See examples of PROVINCIAL used in a sentence.

  6. Provincial means of or relating to a province, or of or characteristic of people from the provinces. It can also mean limited in perspective, narrow, or unsophisticated. See different sources, translations, and examples of provincial.

  7. Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective provincial, which can describe something connected with a local area or lacking culture. See examples, synonyms and wordfinder topics.

  8. provincial. A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly than someone from, say, Paris. Something or someone provincial belongs to a province, or region outside of the city.