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How do you say provincia in Italian?
How do you pronounce provincia in Italian?
provincia is pronounced /la proˈvintʃa/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La provincia autonoma di Bolzano è molto ricca grazie all'economia locale.
The autonomous province of Bolzano is very rich thanks to the local economy.
Questa provincia italiana è piccola ma densamente popolata, e la sua amministrazione è efficiente.
This Italian province is small but densely populated, and its administration is efficient.
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Why is it feminine?
Provincia is feminine in Italian because it derives from the Latin feminine noun *provincia*, which originally referred to a sphere of responsibility or domain assigned to a Roman magistrate, and Latin grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance languages. The Latin term itself likely stems from *pro-* (before/in front of) and *vincere* (to conquer), though the exact semantic evolution remains debated by etymologists.
What is the Italian word for province?
The Italian word for province is la provincia — feminine.
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