prov ‧ ince /ˈprɒvəns, ˈprɒvɪns $ ˈprɑː-/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin provincia 'Roman land' , from vincere 'to defeat' ]
1 . ( also Province ) [countable] one of the large areas into which some countries are divided, and which usually has its own local government:
a Chinese province
2 . the provinces the parts of a country that are not near the capital
3 . [singular] formal a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only they are responsible for
province of
Computers were once the exclusive province of scientists and mathematicians.