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Provincial

prəˈvɪnʃl

Provincial definitions
adjective
provincial
  1. of or concerning a province of a country or empire

    "provincial elections"

    non-metropolitan small-town non-urban outlying rural country rustic backwoods backwater
  2. of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded

    "the whole exhibition struck me as being very provincial"

noun
provincial provincials
  1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire
    • (in Canada) sporting contests held between teams representing the country's administrative divisions
  2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded

    "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"

    • local newspapers, as contrasted with national ones
  3. the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province