province

1. N-COUNT A province is a large section of a country that has its own administration. 省

...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province. …阿尔加维，葡萄牙最南端的一个省。

2. N-PLURAL Theprovinces are all the parts of a country except the part where the capital is situated. 外省

The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces. 政府计划将30000个政府职位从巴黎下放到外省去。

3. N-SING If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it. (学识或活动的) 领域; (兴趣或职责的) 范围

Tattooing is not just the province of sailors. 纹身不只是水手们才感兴趣的事。