provincial
US: /pɹəˈvɪnʃəɫ/
UK: /pɹəvˈɪnʃəl/
UK: /pɹəvˈɪnʃəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
provincial /provincial/
- tính từ
- (thuộc) tỉnh
- có tính chất tỉnh lẻ, có tác phong tỉnh lẻ (đối với thủ đô)
- thịnh hành ở tỉnh lẻ
- danh từ
- người tỉnh lẻ; anh chàng quê kệch
- (tôn giáo) trưởng địa phận
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 [only before noun] connected with one of the large areas that some countries are divided into, with its own local government: provincial assemblies / elections
2 [only before noun] (sometimes disapproving) connected with the parts of a country that do not include the capital city: a provincial town / theatre / newspaper
3 (disapproving) unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things: In spite of his education and travels, he has remained very provincial.
provincially adverb
+ noun (often disapproving) a person who lives in or comes from a part of the country that is not near the capital city
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 local, regional:
Provincial administration is the responsibility of the sheriff.
2 uncultured, uncultivated, unsophisticated, limited, uninformed, naïve, innocent, ingenuous, unpolished, unrefined, homespun, rustic, rude, country, parochial, insular, narrow-minded, boorish, loutish, cloddish, awkward, ungraceful, oafish, backwood(s), Brit parish pump, US small-town, Colloq US and Canadian hick, hick-town:
These paintings are unlikely to appeal to provincial tastes.
n.
3 rustic, country cousin, (country) bumpkin, yokel, US and Canadian out-of-towner, hick, hayseed:
One could tell they were provincials by the cut of their clothes.
Concise English dictionary
provincialsprə'vɪnʃl
noun
+(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
+a country person
adj.
+of or associated with a province
+characteristic of the provinces or their people
