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Provinz

province

noun pro-VINTS Common
Travel & Places Geography

Origin: from Latin 'provincia'

Also means

backwater

Usage Note

Provinz is an administrative province, but colloquially die Provinz (singular, no plural) means 'the sticks, the boondocks' with a faintly dismissive ring. The final 'z' is pronounced 'ts'.

Examples

"Sie wohnt in einer kleinen Provinz."

Natural Translation

She lives in a small province.

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