How to pronounce provincial
American English pronunciation
pruh-VIN-shul
- IPA
- /pɹəˈvɪnʃəl/
- Syllables
- pruh · VIN · shul (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What provincial means
Narrow-minded and naive, like someone who has never left home
In a sentence: Traveling to new countries cured him of his provincial ideas about food.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning "from a province," a region of a country.
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