adjective / noun
provincial
pruh-VIN-shl/prəˈvɪnʃl/
Associated with a region outside the central capital.
The provincial town's planners favor familiar local building designs.
Etymology
Originally “of a province,” provincial came to mean local or characteristic of small towns and countryside rather than the capital. That contrast developed into the judgment of a narrow outlook shaped by limited local experience.
In context
this provincial detective, whose chief feats had been confined to cases of petty larceny
More examples
- Provincial officials meet in the capital to discuss transportation funding.
- She writes about local elections for a provincial newspaper.
- The novel follows two provincials who move to the capital.
Forms
provincial · provincials
province noun — A territorial division within a country.