the provinces

plural noun

: the parts of a country that are away from large cities

They left the city for life in the provinces.

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Iran has only attributed Israeli attacks to the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan, and Tehran, excluding rural Semnan province, where the Shahroud base is situated. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 Saturday’s strikes, which Iran said killed four soldiers, hit military centers in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam, according to Iran’s National Air Defense Headquarters. —

NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024 The witness said the group then fled on the boat further south toward the provinces of Basilan or Sulu. —

Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024 Elsewhere, in the provinces of Beni, Santa Cruz and Pando, many farmers and indigenous Bolivians have evacuated their land as fires continued. —

Trisha Mukherjee, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the provinces

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