名词

1. 省
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration.

2. 外省（首都以外的地区）
The provinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated.

3. （兴趣、知识、责任的）范围，领域
If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.

1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

e.g. his state is in the deep south

Synonym: state

2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities

e.g. it was his province to take care of himself

Synonym: responsibility