Oriental Mindoro

From Spanish oriental + Tagalog Mindoro. Compare Spanish Mindoro Oriental.

A province of Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Calapan.


Occidental Mindoro

From Spanish occidental + Tagalog Mindoro. Compare Spanish Mindoro Occidental.

A province of Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Mamburao.


Nueva Vizcaya

Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Vizcaya, from nueva + Basque Bizkaia.

A province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bayombong.


Chubut

Borrowed from Spanish Chubut, from Tehuelche chupat (“transparent”).


Misiones

A province in the far northeast of Argentina


Neuquén

From Spanish Neuquén, from Mapudungun Nehuenken.


Río Negro

Borrowed from Spanish Río Negro (literally “black river”).

bor+

A province in central Argentina. Capital: Viedma.


Santiago del Estero

From Spanish Santiago del Estero, distinguishing it from other places named Santiago.

A province of Argentina, surrounding the city.


Tucumán

A landlocked province towards the north of Argentina.


North Cotabato

(Philippines, colloquial) The province of Cotabato.


JB

Initialism of West Java: a province of Indonesia.


Biobío

Bio-Bío (alternative)
Bío-Bío (alternative)


KU

North Kalimantan
North Kalimantan#English

Initialism of North Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.


Chiloé

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Chiloé, from Mapudungun.

A province of the Los Lagos region, Chile.


Community of Madrid

autonomous community
autonomous community

An autonomous community and province of Spain. Capital: Madrid.


Manicaland

‘I love South Africa,’ Josephine, our junior tennis star who whipped the seniors as she was Manicaland champion, declared in response.

2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 55:


Ghazni

From Pashto and Persian غزنی (Ġazni). Compare Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).

Ghazna (alternative)
Ghuznee (alternative)

A province in eastern Afghanistan around the city.


Davao de Oro

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mlgc1998-Davao de Oro.wav

From Spanish Davao de Oro, from Davao + de (“of”) + oro (“gold”).

A province of the Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Nabunturan, the province was formerly known as: Compostela Valley


Tokat

Borrowed from Turkish Tokat, from Ottoman Turkish توقاد (Tokad).


Lambayeque

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Lambayeque.

ubor

A city, county, province, and department of Peru.


Junín

A city, district, province, and region in Peru.


Chincha

From Spanish Chincha, from Quechua chinchay (“ocelot”).

Chincha Alta
Chincha Province
Chincha people

Chinca (alternative)
Chinka (alternative)


Caravelí

A town and province in Arequipa department, Peru.


Elâzığ

Alternative form of Elazığ:
A province in eastern Turkey.


Dien Bien

From French Diên Biên, from Vietnamese Điện Biên, from 奠邊 (Chinese 奠邊 /奠边 (Diànbiān)), from 奠 (Chinese 奠) + 邊 (Chinese 邊 /边 (biān)) Literally, “stable frontier”.

Northern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam#English

A province of Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.


Coele-Syria

Borrowed from Latin Coelē Syria, from Ancient Greek Κοίλη Συρία (Koílē Suría). Literally “Hollow Syria”.

Coele Syria (alternative)
Coelesyria (alternative)
Coelosyria (alternative)
Celesyria (alternative)

A former province of the Late Roman Empire, in existence from 198 to c. 400 AD.


Preah Vihear

From Khmer ព្រះវិហារ (prĕəh vihiə, “temple; sanctuary”).

bor

A province in northern Cambodia, bordering both Thailand and Laos


Talca

Talca Province, a province in Maule region, Chile.


Jowzjan

Jawzjan (alternative)
Jozjan (alternative)


Darién

Borrowed from Spanish Darién, from Cueva.


Veraguas

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Veraguas.


Ñuble

(historical) A former province in Chile.


Copiapó

A province in Atacama region, northern Chile.


Los Andes

A city and province in Valparaiso Region, Chile.


Osorno

en-proper noun

Osorno (countable and uncountable, plural Osornos)

Borrowed from Spanish Osorno, possibly related to Basque osoren (“complete”).


Maipo

A province in Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.


Hormozgan

Borrowed from Persian هرمزگان (hormozgân), from هرمز (hormoz, “Hormuz”) + ـگان (-gân). The province is located along the Strait of Hormuz.

bor+

A province of southern Iran, consisting of numerous islands in the Persian Gulf


Sivas

From Turkish Sivas and Ottoman Turkish سیواس (Sivas), from Byzantine Greek Σεβάστεια (Sebásteia), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sebastia.


Niğde

Central Anatolia
Central Anatolia#English

A province in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.


Ardahan

A province in northeastern Turkey, near the border with Georgia.


Tunceli

Eastern Anatolia
Eastern Anatolia#English

A province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.


Copperbelt Province

A province of Zambia, which includes the Copperbelt region.


Panjshir

Borrowed from Iranian Persian پنجشیر (panjšir), from Classical Persian پنجشیر (panjšēr, literally “five lions”).

der

Panjsher (alternative)
Panjsheer (alternative)

A place in Afghanistan.
A province of Afghanistan.


Karabük

A province in the Black Sea region, Turkey.


Banten

Bantam (alternative)
Bantan (alternative)

A province of Indonesia. Capital: Serang. Largest city: Tangerang.


Çanakkale

Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kal'e, literally “fortress of çanak”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

fortress of <i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">çanak</i>

A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.


Rize

A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.


Eskişehir

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Eskişehir.

ubor

A province and metropolitan municipality in interior northwestern Turkey.


Kütahya

A province in the Aegean region, Turkey.


Düzce

From Turkish Düzce, from Ottoman Turkish دوزجه (Düzce).

A province in northwestern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.


Tekirdağ

A province and metropolitan municipality in European Turkey.


Béjaïa

Unadapted borrowing from French Béjaïa, q.v.

Alternative form of Bejaia, a city and province of Algeria.


Bejaia

/bɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.ə/

From French Béjaïa, from Arabic بجاية (Bijāya).

Bejaïa (alternative)
Béjaïa (alternative)
Bougie (alternative)
Bugia (alternative)


Sakarya

A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolian Turkey.


Ryanggang

Borrowed from Korean 량강도(兩江道) (Ryanggangdo).

Hyesan. The capital of the Ryanggang Province. Material was taken in a gorge, about 1000 m a.s.l., by the River Tuman-gang (China boundary) north-east of Hyesan (1 June).

1984, Zbigniew Szyndlar, “A description of a small collection of amphibians and reptiles from the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea with notes on the distribution of the herpetofauna in that country”, in Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, volume 27, number 1, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

The consequences of this are predictably twofold: regional inequalities (reflecting unequal endowments and/or political clout); and sectoral imbalances as light industry (and hence the provinces) struggle to make ends meet. Rare quantitative data indicating as much can be found in a Soviet source (Trigubenko 1985: 127), which compares trends in provincial revenue and expenditure between 1980 and 1984. Overall, both sides of the ledger declined in the early 1980s in every province except one (Ryanggang). This did not stop central government increasing its exactions by 20 per cent over the same period. By region, while the Pyongan provinces look particularly squeezed, both Pyongyang itself and the Hamyong provinces seem to have held the line in terms of cuts.

1993, “North Korea in Pacific Asia”, in Chris Dixon, David Drakakis-Smith, editors, Economic and Social Development in Pacific Asia, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212:

In February 2005, Jilin Province’s Changbai County collaborated with Shandong’s Zhaojin Group to invest RMB 200 million in mining equipment in the Hyesan Youth Copper Mine in Ryanggang. The Hyesan Youth Copper Mine is one of the largest copper mines in Asia and its copper grade is 16 percent, double that of Northeast China.

2015, Lin Jinsu, “Evaluating North Korea's Economic Policy in the 2000s—Economic Cooperation with China Is an Inevitable Choice”, in Carla P. Freeman, editor, China and North Korea: Strategic and Policy Perspectives from a Changing China, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 218:

Darlene Tymo, the WFP’s country director in North Korea, said that although official statistics from the North Korean government are not out yet, the main harvest of the year is believed to have been worse than last year and that could mean especially remote and impoverished areas — particularly the mountainous provinces of Chagang and Ryanggang along the border with China — could be looking at a harsher than usual winter ahead.

2015 December 4, Eric Talmadge, “North Korea hunkers down for harsh winter”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-09-02:

In the capital Pyongyang, 10 percent of children were affected by stunting, while in the rural Ryanggang province the rate was 32 percent.

2018 June 20, “N. Korea data shows slight children's health gains: UN”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2018-06-20:

Since Pyongyang’s centralized economic planning and distribution collapsed in 1990s, North Korean people have had to seek alternate sources of income away from state-assigned jobs and official food rations.
“If you just follow instructions coming from the state, you starve to death,” a woman from Ryanggang Province in North Korea, was quoted as saying in the report.

2019 May 28, Min Joo Kim, “North Koreans struggle to survive amid corruption and crackdowns on markets, says U.N. report”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-05-28, Asia & Pacific:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Hyesan.


Amasya

A province in the Black Sea region, in northern Turkey.


Souk Ahras

Souk is from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). Ahras is from a Berber word meaning lion.

Souk Ahras Province, a province of Algeria.


Lorestan

Diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian لرستان (lorestân), from Classical Persian لرستان (luristān).

transliteration

Loristan (alternative)
Lurestan (alternative)
Luristan (alternative)

A province of Iran, mostly inhabited by the Lur people


Kongo Central

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

A province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Zonguldak

A province of Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.


Bangka Belitung Islands

A province of Indonesia. Capital: Pangkal Pinang.


Denizli

A province and metropolitan municipality in southwestern Turkey.


Manisa

A province and metropolitan municipality in western Turkey.


Ordu

A province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.


Yalova

A province in northwestern Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.


North Western Province

From north + western + province, either a Calque of Tamil வட மேல் மாகாணம் (vaṭa mēl mākāṇam, “Northwest Province”) or a Calque of Sinhalese වයඹ පළාත (wayaᵐba paḷāta).

calque

வட மேல் மாகாணம்


Central Province

Either:
* A Calque of Sinhalese මධ්යම පළාත (madhyama paḷāta)
* A Calque of Tamil மத்திய மாகாணம் (mattiya mākāṇam)

மத்திய மாகாணம்

A province of Sri Lanka, capital: Kandy.


Central Province

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A province of Papua New Guinea, capital: Port Moresby.


Central Province

A province of the Solomon Islands, capital: Tulagi.


Eastern Province

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Trincomalee.

A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Dammam.

A province of Sierra Leone. Capital: Kenema.

A province of Rwanda. Capital: Rwamagana.


Uva Province

Either:
* A Calque of Tamil ஊவா மாகாணம் (ūvā mākāṇam)
* A Calque of Sinhalese ඌව පළාත (ūwa paḷāta)

A province of Sri Lanka. Its capital is Badulla.


Sabaragamuwa Province

Calque of Sinhalese සබරගමුව පළාත (sabaragamuwa paḷāta).

සබරගමුව පළාත

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Ratnapura.


Northern Province

Either:
* A Calque of Tamil வட மாகாணம் (vaṭa mākāṇam)
* A Calque of Sinhalese උතුරු පළාත (uturu paḷāta)

A province of Sri Lanka. Captial: Jaffna.


North Central Province

Either:
* A Calque of Sinhalese උතුරු මැද පළාත (uturu mæda paḷāta)
* A Calque of Tamil வட மத்திய மாகாணம் (vaṭa mattiya mākāṇam)

උතුරු මැද පළාත

வட மத்திய மாகாணம்

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Anuradhapura.


Kangwŏn

McCune-Reischauer romanization of Kangwon (a province of North Korea).


Aksaray

A province in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.


Artvin

A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea and Georgian border.


Balıkesir

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Balıkesir.

ubor

A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.


Iğdır

A province in easternmost Turkey, with a Kurdish majority.


Hakkâri

A province in far southeastern Turkey, overwhelmingly Kurdish.


Şırnak

A province in southeastern Turkey, with a Kurdish majority.


East Azerbaijan

Calque of Persian آذربایجان شرقی (âzarbâyjân-e šarqi).

calque

آذربایجان شرقی


Kastamonu

A province in the Black Sea region, Turkey.


Bolu

A province in northwestern Turkey, between Istanbul and Ankara.


Kahramanmaraş

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Kahramanmaraş.

ubor

A province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey.


Bartın

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Bartın, from Ancient Greek Παρθένιος (Parthénios). Doublet of Parthenius.


Hatay

A province and metropolitan municipality in southernmost Turkey.


Kocaeli

A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolian Turkey.


Muğla

A province and metropolitan municipality in southwestern Turkey.


Mardin

A province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey.


Boumerdès

Boumerdès Province, a province of Algeria.


Tizi Ouzou

Tizi Ouzou Province, a province of Algeria.


Bordj Bou Arréridj

Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, a province of Algeria.


Tébessa

Tébessa Province, a province of Algeria.


Daykundi

From Classical Persian دایکندی (dāykundī).


Paktika

From Classical Persian پکتیکا (paktīkā).


Haskovo

From Bulgarian Хасково (Haskovo), from Ottoman Turkish خاصكوی (“Hasköy”).


Lumbini

Borrowed from Nepali लुम्बिनी (lumbinī).


El Taref

A city and province in north-east Algeria.


Golestan

One of the 31 provinces in Iran, located in the north of the country.


Sistan and Baluchestan

One of 31 provinces in Iran, in the south-east of the country.


West Azerbaijan

Calque of Persian آذربایجان غربی (âzarbâyjân-e ġarbi).

calque

آذربایجان غربی

One of 31 provinces in Iran, located in the north-west of the country and bordered by parts of Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.


Ilam

A province of Iran, formerly known as Poshtkuh.


Tlemcen

Borrowed from Arabic تِلِمْسَان (tilimsān).


South Hamgyong

Partial calque of Korean 함경남도(咸鏡南道) (hamgyeongnamdo).

partial calque

The course of the Yalu river traverses a track of country ranging from 124 20' to 128 40' E. Long. and from 39 50' to 42 15, N. Lat., the course of its main stream affording a boundary line on the south-western side of Changpai Mountain (長白山), dividing the southern parts of Liaoning Province from the Korean provinces Kankyo Nando (咸鏡南道) and Hsian Hokudo (平安北道).

[1931, Wu Lien-teh, editor, Manchurian Plague Prevention Service Reports 1929-1930, volume VII, pages 208–209:

Kim Jae Ru, a 67-year-old member of the Korean Workers' Party, worked for decades at the vast mine in Kumdug in South Hamgyong province. As the only major mine operating in North Korea, it received a healthy ration of donated food, a mixture of 80 percent corn and 20 percent rice.

2000 February 19, John Pomfret, “N. Korean Refugees Insecure In China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-15, page A01:

A child nutrition survey in 2012 carried out by North Korea with U.N. assistance showed results in North Hamgyong province, which abuts Jilin, that appeared better in some cases than in South Hamgyong, next to Pyongyang. The usual assumption is that North Koreans live better the closer they are to Pyongyang.

2013 April 15, John Ruwitch, Charlie Zhu, “China's freeway to North Korea: A road to nowhere”, in Dean Yates, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-10-14, World:

The projectiles were launched from Sondok, in South Hamgyong Province on the North’s east coast, and flew northeast before falling in waters between the North and Japan, South Korean defense officials said.

2020 March 8, Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Launches Multiple Projectiles in Weapons Test, South Korea Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-09, Asia Pacific:

As North Korea's premier toured South Hamgyong, as much as 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of new rain fell in some areas of North Hamgyong province on Wednesday, state broadcaster KRT reported.

2021 August 12, “North Korea: Heavy flooding destroys homes, farmland”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2021-08-12, News:

Sinpo, in South Hamgyong, is the site of North Korea’s main submarine development center.

2023 March 13, “Pyongyang launches missiles from submarine ahead of US-Seoul drills”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2023-03-13:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Hamhung.


North Hamgyong

Partial calque of Korean 함경북도(咸鏡北道) (hamgyeongbukdo).

This line is a continuation of the Seoul-Gensan line and extends from Gensan, in South Kanko Province, to Kainei (Korean “Hoiryong”; Chinese “Huining”), in North Kanko, a distance of some 383.8 miles.

[1929 December, Ransford S. Miller, “Railway Development in Chosen”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XXV, number 12, →OCLC, page 570, column 1:

According to the birthplace of the parents, the subjects were distributed as follows: North Hamgyong province of North Korea, 179 men and 11 women; other provinces of North Korea, 106 men and 16 women; Korea (without indication of province), 107 men and 33 women; Far East, 94 men and 39 women.[…]
In order to bring out possible geographical differences in the physical type of the subjects examined, we set apart the group of natives from North Hamgyong as numerically adequately representative when we processed the data for the men.

1963, M. G. Levin, “The Physical Types of the Koreans and Japanese”, in Henry N. Michael, editor, Ethnic Origins of the Peoples of Northeastern Asia, University of Toronto Press, →OCLC, page 290:

At least 11 and probably more of the permanent and candidate members belonged to Kim's old Kapsan faction, made up of men who fought together in Manchuria and then escaped to the Soviet Union. At least 8 of the top 11 members were from North Hamgyong Province and most were either educated in Russia or formerly involved in Soviet affairs.

1976, Wayne S. Kiyosaki, “The Perils of Independence and Belligerency: 1965-69”, in North Korea's Foreign Relations: The Politics of Accommodation, 1945-75, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 86:

Qingjin harbor is located in the city of Qingjin in Xianjin Beidao^([sic – meaning Xianjing Beidao]), Korea. It is divided into east and west ports.

[1986 August 18 [1985 November-December], “An Analysis of the Expansion of Jilin's Exports to Japan”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 86-096, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 82:

Provincial data on the 1949 elections for North Hamgyŏng Province show that about 40 percent of those elected to provincial, city, and county posts were peasants, about 30 percent were workers.

1990, Bruce Cumings, “Notes”, in The Origins of the Korean War, volume II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 829:

In 2011, there were five family physicians in Kang-an dong, Hoeryeong City, North Hamgyong Province. The number was reduced, and only one is currently serving, and he does not play his proper role of being a family physician.

2013 July, “The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2013, Korea Institute for National Unification, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 335:

North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006, all of them in tunnels buried deep under Mount Mantap in Punggye-ri, in North Hamgyong Province.

2017 October 30, Sang-Hun Choe, “North Korea Nuclear Tests Raise Fears of Radioactive Fallout”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-10-30, Asia Pacific:

Joseph was born in 1990 in Hoeryŏng a city in North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. Happy memories of his childhood ended in 2002 when North Korea's great famine took a deadly toll on his family.

2018 June 8, Jessica Formoso, “From North Korea refugee to U.S. citizen in New York Our American Dream”, in WNYW, archived from the original on 2020-07-16:

A North Korean official provided testimony during a trial that Zhu had worked as a coal miner in North Hamgyong, a region that shares a long border with China’s Jilin province. Defectors fleeing the totalitarian Kim regime have attempted to cross via the Tumen River that straddles the Chinese-North Korean border.

2021 October 20, Amy Cheng, “Chinese city hunts for North Korean defector facing deportation who escaped from prison”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-20, Asia:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Chongjin.


North Pyongan

Partial calque of Korean 평안북도(平安北道) (pyeong'anbukdo).

North Phyongan (alternative)
North Pyeongan (alternative)
North Pyungan (alternative)

The major gold mining areas in northern Korea were originally developed with American capital and technical skill. The most famous mines are the Unsan and Pukchin mines, located in the mountainous area northeast of the plains of North Pyongan Province.

1956, Shannon McCune, “Mineral and Hydroelectric Power Resources”, in Korea's Heritage: A Regional & Social Geography, 1st edition, Charles E. Tuttle Company, published 1963, →OCLC, page 222:

The delegation of P'ing-an Pei-tao and Hsin-i-chou municipality led by Li Ken-ho (2621 2704 3109), the vice chairman of the people's council of Hsin-i-chou municipality, P'ing-an Pei-tao, the Korean Democratic People's Republic, attache Cheng Feng-kuei (6774 7685 3802) of the Korean Embassy in China, and the Korean comrades in Tan-tung attended the meeting upon invitation.

[1965 March 31 [1965 March 12], “A Solemn Ceremony to Change the Name of An-tung Municipality to Tan-tung Municipality”, in Translations of Political and Sociological Information on Communist China, number 271, Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Jen-min Jih-pao, Peiping, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 47:

I worked at a clothing export factory from May 2004 to February 2010 at Pihyon County, North Pyongan Province. They exported manufactured clothing to China, and with the money they earned, they issued regular rations. The amount was 14kg of rice and 1 kg of cooking oil per month, and 1 kg of sugar every 3 months.

2013 July, “The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2013, Korea Institute for National Unification, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317:

Kim Jong-un visited a cosmetics factory situated in Sinuiju, capital of the North Pyongan province, situated on the south bank of the Yalu River, which marks the border between the two countries.

2018 July 1, “Kim Jong-un highlights China ties with second border visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2018-07-01:

My grandfather began as a young fisherman, selling his catch at a market held on boats in the open ocean, before learning he could study fisheries at university.
August 1945 found them living near Sinuiju, in North Pyongan Province, along the border with China, just north of Pyongyang, where he had been assigned to work as a civil servant in a fisheries laboratory run by the colonial government.

2020 August 27, Alexander Chee, “My Family’s Shrouded History Is Also a National One for Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-27:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Sinuiju.

平安北道

Heian Hokudō, Pyon'an Pukuto, Pyon'an Pukudo


Granma

A province of Cuba, originally part of Oriente province.


Maguindanao del Norte

From Spanish Maguindánao del Norte, from Maguindánao + del (“of the”) + norte (“north”).

compound

Meronyms: Barira, Buldon, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Matanog, Northern Kabuntalan, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura, Talitay, Upi — municipalities of Maguindanao del Norte

Datu Odin Sinsuat
Datu Odin Sinsuat#English

A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Datu Odin Sinsuat. Largest city: Cotabato City.


Maguindanao del Sur

From Spanish Maguindánao del Sur, from Maguindánao + del (“of the”) + sur (“south”).

Meronyms: Ampatuan, Buluan, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Datu Montawal, Datu Paglas, Datu Piang, Datu Salibo, Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, General Salipada K. Pendatun, Guindulungan, Mamasapano, Mangudadatu, Pagalungan, Paglat, Pandag, Rajah Buayan, Shariff Aguak, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, South Upi, Sultan sa Barongis, Talayan — municipalities of Maguindanao del Sur

A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Buluan.


Sidi Kacem

Sidi Kacem Province, a province in the same region of Morocco.


Chagang

Borrowed from Korean 자강도(慈江道) (Jagangdo).

In the late 1960s or early 1970s the Unbong hydroelectric plant was constructed at Chasong on the Yalu River in Chagang Province, with an installed generating capacity of 400,000 kilowatts.

1976 May, Nena Vreeland, Rinn-Sup Shinn, “Industry”, in Area Handbook for North Korea, 2nd edition, →OCLC, page 282:

Last week, U.S. Rep. Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio) and this correspondent were permitted an unusual look behind the regime's wall of secrecy, traveling into areas rarely seen by outsiders, and never by an American journalist. In addition to Hamhung, which we reached in an old Soviet-made helicopter, we also took a 3 1/2-hour drive north from Pyongyang on the country's main north-south highway into the rugged mountains of Chagang province to the small town of Tongsin, stopping briefly along the way in a slightly larger town, Huichon.

1997 October 19, Keith B. Richburg, “Beyond a Wall of Secrecy, Devastation”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2000-09-15, page A01:

On a recent visit to North Korea, I was welcomed into a modest apartment by a family in Huichon city, Chagang Province. Its four members lived on a diet of government-supplied corn and acorns foraged in nearby woodland.

2005 June 14, Tony Banbury, “Hungry, and getting desperate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-19, Opinion:

Darlene Tymo, the WFP’s country director in North Korea, said that although official statistics from the North Korean government are not out yet, the main harvest of the year is believed to have been worse than last year and that could mean especially remote and impoverished areas — particularly the mountainous provinces of Chagang and Ryanggang along the border with China — could be looking at a harsher than usual winter ahead.

2015 December 4, Eric Talmadge, “North Korea hunkers down for harsh winter”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-09-02:

Chagang Province was not that far away from my province, but they spoke with a very different accent. People in my hometown sound very abrupt and stern. But people in Chagang Province speak very gently, which makes people feel comfortable.

2017, Daniel Tudor, quoting Je Son Lee, “Pyongyang vs. the Rest”, in Ask a North Korean: Defectors Talk about their Lives inside the World's Most Secretive Nation, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:

"Should operational ICBMs not become available in the near term, it is likely that intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) will be deployed," the report added, noting that North Korea tested a Hwasong-12 IRBM from Chagang province last month.

2022 February 7, David Brunnstrom, “U.S. think tank identifies North Korea base likely intended for ICBMs”, in Sam Holmes, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-02-08, Asia Pacific:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Kanggye.


North Hwanghae

Borrowed from Korean 황해북도(黃海北道) (Hwanghaebukdo).

The circumstances of the crash, which occurred in North Hwanghae province, near the border with South Korea, remained unclear on Monday, and there was limited coverage in China’s state-run news media.

2018 April 23, Javier C. Hernández, “36 Killed in Tour Bus Crash in North Korea, Chinese Officials Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-04-23, Asia Pacific:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Sariwon.


South Hwanghae

Borrowed from Korean 황해남도(黃海南道) (Hwanghaenamdo).

A United Nations food agency released grim video on Friday of what it said were severely malnourished North Korean children. The Rome-based World Food Program said it shot the video at the Haeju Pediatric Hospital in the western South Hwanghae Province in mid-August.

2011 September 10 [2011 September 9], “North Korea: U.N. Says Video Shows Malnourished Children”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-09-10, Asia Pacific, page A6:

The organization has been present in North Korea since 1997 and carries out projects to improve food security, water supply and sanitation in the East Asian nation. Agricultural schemes supported by the agency in South Hwanghae and North Pyongyang provinces are improving the quality of seeds, diversifying and intensifying agricultural production and maintaining agricultural equipment more efficiently.

2015 April 13, Julian Ryall, “Cracking down on foreign NGOs”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2024-10-13:

South Korea is willing to cooperate with the North to tackle the disease outbreak, but Pyongyang remains unresponsive to any offers for dialogue, including Seoul's earlier proposal to provide COVID vaccines, said another official at the unification ministry.
South Hwanghae Province, where Haeju is located, is North Korea's key agricultural region, raising concerns over possible impacts on the country's already dire food shortage.

2022 June 16, Soo-Hyang Choi, Hyonhee Shin, “North Korea faces infectious disease outbreak amid COVID battle”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-06-16:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.


South Pyongan

Borrowed from Korean 평안남도(平安南道) (Pyeong'annamdo).

In its report, which was released on Friday, the UN agency also said floods had forced about 60,000 people from their homes, most of them in South Pyongan Province in central North Korea.

2006 July 24, “UN says North Korean crop loss heavy - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-14, Asia Pacific:

The biggest loss of human life was in two counties of South Pyongan province, which were hit by torrential rains on Monday and Tuesday, it said.

2012 July 28, “Scores die, thousands homeless after North Korea floods”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2012-07-29, Asia / Pacific:

The UN mission said immediate food aid was needed in the worst affected counties: Anju and Songchon in South Pyongan province and Chonnae in Kangwon province.
It also said that some 50,000 families lacked clean drinking water and stood in need of purification tablets or other help to prevent disease.

2012 August 4, “More deaths in N. Korea floods”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2024-10-13:

A province of North Korea. Capital: Pyongsong.


Southern Province

Either:
* A Calque of Tamil தென் மாகாணம் (teṉ mākāṇam)
* A Calque of Sinhalese දකුණු පළාත (dakuṇu paḷāta)

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தென் மாகாணம்

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Galle.


Western Province

Either:
* a calque of Sinhalese බස්නාහිර පළාත (basnāhira paḷāta)
* a calque of Tamil மேல் மாகாணம் (mēl mākāṇam)

බස්නාහිර පළාත

மேல் மாகாணம்

A province of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.


Gyeonggi

Borrowed from Korean 경기도(京畿道) (Gyeonggido). Doublet of Kyŏnggi.

A semiconductor "cluster" is a group of facilities that perform research and all production steps of semiconductors all in a single area. South Korea's cluster comprises various industrial zones in the province of Gyeonggi, with a total area of 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres), which is 21 million square meters, or the size of almost 30,000 soccer fields.

2024 January 24, Martin Fritz, “South Korea invests big in becoming a global chip leader”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2024-01-24, Technology / South Korea:

At 8am local time, Seoul recorded about 440 micrograms per cubic meter of dust, while the nearby city of Incheon reported 349 micrograms, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).
Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital and Incheon, recorded 424 micrograms, and Gangwon Province, east of the capital region, recorded 329 micrograms.
Asian or yellow dust originates in the deserts of China and Mongolia and travels eastward carried by the wind, especially in spring.

2024 March 29, “Asian dust covers Korean peninsula, triggers air quality alert”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2024-03-30:


Bayankhongor

From Mongolian Баянхонгор (Bajanxongor).

Monkhbaatar’s great-grandfather had been a prominent lama in the southwestern province of Bayankhongor.

2023 November 9, Aatish Taseer, “An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-09:

A city, district, and province of Mongolia.

巴彥洪戈爾 /巴彦洪戈尔

a city, district and province of Mongolia


North Gyeongsang

Partial calque of Korean 경상북도(慶尙北道) (Gyeongsangbukdo).

partial calque

There have been 40 deaths across the country, and nine people remain missing, one in the southern port city of Busan and eight in the southeastern North Gyeongsang province, the ministry said.

2023 July 17, Frances Vinall, “13 found dead in flooded tunnel as South Korean storm toll rises to 40”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-02-19, Asia:

A province in southeast South Korea. Capital: Andong.


South Gyeongsang

Partial calque of Korean 경상남도(慶尙南道) (Gyeongsangnamdo).

Park Jong-kwon, head of an anti-nuclear civic group in South Gyeongsang Province, said no more nuclear reactors should be built in southeastern cities like Ulsan and Gyeongju as they are close to an active fault line.

2016 September 13, Jane Chung, Jumin Park, Se Young Lee, “South Korea's biggest earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns”, in Tony Munroe, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-10-20, World:


Luang Namtha

Borrowed from Lao ຫຼວງນ້ຳທາ (Lūang nam thā).


Kampong Chhnang

From Khmer កំពង់ឆ្នាំង (kɑmpŭəng chnang), literally, “port of pottery”.


Banteay Meanchey

From Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy), literally, “fort of victory”.

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បន្ទាយមានជ័យ

Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy)

A province of Cambodia. Capital and largest city: Serei Saophoan.


South Chungcheong

Borrowed from Korean 충청남도(忠淸南道) (Chungcheongnamdo).

The politician, Ahn Hee-jung, governor of South Chungcheong Province, announced his resignation and retirement from public life in a Facebook post early Tuesday, hours after one of his secretaries, Kim Ji-eun, claimed in public that Mr. Ahn had raped her four times since last June.

2018 March 5, Choe Sang-Hun, “A Political Star Falls as #MeToo Campaign Builds in South Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-03-06, Asia Pacific:


South Jeolla

Borrowed from Korean 전라남도(全羅南道) (Jeollanamdo).

Eight years ago, the South Korean province of South Jeolla, which includes this sleepy coastal county, cleared 1,000 acres of rice paddies and embarked on a $375 million experiment: building a Formula One track.

2015 February 15, Choe Sang-Hun, “A Korean Auto-Racing Debacle, but Hope Around the Bend”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-02-17, Asia Pacific:

But of even deeper concern to the experts have been the more than 400 seismic tremors since April 26 in a single area in South Jeolla Province, in the far south-west of the peninsula.
The region has not reported seismic activity since the government first began collating data in 1978.

2020 May 20, Julian Ryall, “Could a major earthquake soon strike South Korea?”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2020-05-21, Asia:


Seeb

Al-Seeb (alternative)
As-Seeb (alternative)
As-Sib (alternative)


North Chungcheong

Borrowed from Korean 충청북도(忠淸北道) (Chungcheongbukdo).

The cases mark the first confirmed outbreak since January 2019, according to media reports. The current contagion occurred in three farms in Cheongju in North Chungcheong province, south of the capital Seoul, the ministry said.

2023 May 11, Seoyun Kang, Ed Davies, “South Korea to cull cattle after outbreak of foot and mouth disease”, in Christian Schmollinger, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-05-11, Asia Pacific:

A province in central South Korea. Capital: Cheongju.


Chungcheong

Borrowed from Korean 충청(忠淸) (Chungcheong).

Mr. Cho Pyengsik, who recently resigned the portfolio of Foreign Affairs in Korea, had previously been Minister of Justice, and, still earlier, Governor of Chungchong province.

[1898 February 26, “KOREAN ITEMS.”, in The Japan Weekly Mail, volume XXIX, number 9, Yokohama, page 214, column 1:

When the former Minister of Law, Cho Pyeng-sik, was Governor of Chungchong province, he was told by a geomancer that the site of one O Hen-keun’s house was the luckiest spot for a grave.

[1898 February 28, North-China Herald, volume LX, number 1595, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 311, column 2:

(historical) One of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.


Sanliurfa

From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.


Karnali

Rescuers worked through the day to push through roads blocked by landslides and debris to reach the mountainous villages of Karnali Province where the earthquake struck. Officials cautioned that the death toll was likely to rise as communication was restored with areas that had been cut off.

2023 November 3, Bhadra Sharma, “Earthquake in Western Nepal Kills More Than 150”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-05, Asia Pacific:


Sudurpashchim

Borrowed from Nepali सुदूरपश्चिम (sudūrapaścim).


Eskisehir

From Turkish Eskişehir, from Ottoman Turkish اسكی شهر (Eski Şehir, “Old Town”).

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Eskişehir (alternative)
Eskishehir (alternative)


Balikesir

From Turkish Balıkesir, from Ottoman Turkish بالیكسر, possibly from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fortress, castle”).

Παλαιόκαστρον


Antártica Chilena

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Antártica Chilena.

ubor

A province of Chile. Capital and largest city: Puerto Williams.


San Felipe de Aconcagua

A province of the Valparaíso Region, Chile.


territory of Magallanes

A former territory of Chile, before the creation in 1929 of the Magallanes province.


territory of Aysén

A former territory of Chile, before the creation in 1929 of the Aysén province.


territory of Llanquihue

A former territory of Chile, before the creation in 1861 of the Llanquihue province.


Territory of Angol

A former territory of Chile, before the creation in 1887 of the Malleco and Cautín provinces.


Territory of Antofagasta

A former territory of Chile, before the creation in 1888 of the Antofagasta province.


Ratanakiri

A province of Cambodia. Capital: Banlung.


Tambopata

A province and district therein, in Madre de Dios department, Peru.


Cisalpine Gaul

a province of the Roman Empire in what is now northern Italy.


South Papua

A province of Indonesia on the island of New Guinea.


Mecca Province

Synonym of Mecca (a province in Saudi Arabia)


Alicant

Obsolete form of Alicante: a city and province of Valencia, Spain.


Centro Sur

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English


Ascope

A town and province in La Libertad region, Peru.