His manner marks him as a provincial.
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Provincial
//pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl//
Synonyms for "provincial" (164 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (82)
limitedlittlelittle mindedlittle-mindedlocallocalizedloutishlowlandmeanmean-mindedmean-spiritedmossbackmountaineermuzhiknabobnaivenarrownarrow gaugenarrow-heartednarrow-minded
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narrow-soulednarrow-spiritednativenaturalnawabnearsightedoafishof a placeordinaryoutlandpalatinepastoralpeonpettyplebeianproconsulpurblindregionalruberuderuralrusticsatrapsectarianshortsightedsmallsmall mindedsmall-mindedsmall-townsquarestadtholderstay at homestraitlacedstuffysubahdartetrarchtopicaluncatholicuncharitableuncivilizeduncultivatedunculturedungenerousungracefuluninformedunliberalunpolishedunrefineduntravelleduplandvalivernacularvice-kingviceroywaliyapyokel
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
has context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
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similar
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Translations
67 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- գավառական adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- գավառական adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
- գավառական adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
Bulgarian
3 entries- провинциа́лен adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- провинциа́лен adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
- архиепископ noun (monastic superior who directs a province of an order)
Catalan
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 地方的 adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- 省的 adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Danish
1 entries- provinsiel adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Dutch
1 entries- provinciaal adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Finnish
4 entries- arkkihiippakunnallinen adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province)
- hiippakunnallinen adj (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province)
- kapeakatseinen adj (limited in outlook; narrow)
- maakunnallinen adj (of or pertaining to a province)
French
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Friulian
1 entries- provinciâl adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Galician
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Georgian
3 entries- პროვინციული adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- პროვინციული adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
- პროვინციული adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
German
2 entries- provinzial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- provinziell adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Greek
3 entries- επαρχιακός adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- επαρχιώτικος adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
- χωριάτικος adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
Hindi
3 entries- आंचलिक adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- प्रांतीय adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- प्रादेशिक adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Hungarian
4 entries- provinciális adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
- provinciális adj (limited in outlook; narrow)
- tartományi adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- provinciális noun (monastic superior who directs a province of an order)
Italian
1 entries- provinciale adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Kazakh
1 entries- шет аймақтық adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Latin
1 entries- provincialis adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Ligurian
1 entries- provinciâle adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Lombard
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Occitan
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Piedmontese
1 entries- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Polish
4 entries- prowincjonalna adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- prowincjonalne adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- prowincjonalne adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- prowincjonalni adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Portuguese
3 entries- interiorano adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- provinciano adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
Russian
2 entries- провинциа́льный adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- провинциа́льный adj (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province)
Spanish
3 entries- paleto adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
- provincial adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- provinciano adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
Tagalog
1 entries- panlalawigan adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Telugu
1 entries- దేశీయము adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Thai
1 entries- บ้านนอก adj (not cosmopolitan or polished)
Ukrainian
2 entries- провінці́йний adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- провінціа́льний adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giám tỉnh noun (monastic superior who directs a province of an order)
Volapük
2 entries- plovinik adj (of or pertaining to a province)
- provinik adj (of or pertaining to a province)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Americans could be really provincial.
Source: tatoeba (3148773)
Americans can be really provincial.
Source: tatoeba (3148774)
This is also an invariant of history. Gallic disappeared because Gallic elites were quick to send their children to the Roman school. In the same way, provincial elites later taught their offspring French at the expense of the regional languages. The ruling classes are often the first to adopt the language of the invader. They do the same today with English.
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