provinces is a form of:

Province



noun
1.
(An administrative division of a country; a certain field of action, study, business, territory, region, borough. the provinces parts of the country away from the capital or cultural centers) province of a country ខេត្ដ the Provinces ខេត្ដក្រៅ in the province of psychology វិស័យ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ខេត្ត, តំបន់ក្រៅខេត្ត-ក្រុង-វិស័យ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.
2.
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
3.
A region of country; a tract; a district.
4.
A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
5.
The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
6.
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.