transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-vən(t)s ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin provincia
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government
b. : an administrative district or division of a country
c. plural : all of a country except the metropolises
2.
a. : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan
b. : a territorial unit of a religious order
3.
a. : a biogeographic division of less rank than a region
b. : an area that exhibits essential continuity of geological history ; also : one characterized by particular structural or petrological features
4.
a. : proper or appropriate function or scope : sphere
that question is outside my province
b. : a department of knowledge or activity
Synonyms: see function