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Word entry · 10 letters

provincial

Best crossword clue

"Regional rather than urban"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aciilnoprvStarts with PEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. characteristic of the provinces or their people

Word origin

From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

Used in a sentence

  • a provincial government
  • a provincial dialect
  • More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Regional rather than urban10 letters
02Not cosmopolitan10 letters

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