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- pronunciation:
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vihns
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A province is an area of land in a country. It is one of the parts that make up a whole country. Some countries call their parts "provinces," like Canada, and some countries call their parts "states," like the United States. Other countries have different names for their parts. The country of Canada has ten provinces. Each province has its own capital.
The capital of Canada is a city called Ottawa. Ottawa is in the province of Ontario.- similar words:
- county, jurisdiction, territory
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function, territory, world |
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