n. 25B6; noun
a province of the Ottoman Empire : TERRITORY, region, state, department, canton, area, district, sector, zone, division.
people in the provinces : NON-METROPOLITAN AREAS/COUNTIES, the rest of the country, middle England/America, rural areas/districts, the countryside, the backwoods, the wilds; informal the sticks, the middle of nowhere; N. Amer. informal the boondocks.
that's outside my province : RESPONSIBILITY, area of activity, area of interest, knowledge, department, sphere, world, realm, field, domain, territory, orbit, preserve, line of country; business, affair, concern; speciality, forte; jurisdiction, authority; informal pigeon, bailiwick, turf.