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provinciano

Portuguese, noun/pɾo.vĩ.siˈɐ̃.nu/

provinciano is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-N-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provinciano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “provincial (someone from a province)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é natural da província”.

What does provinciano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    provincial (of or relating to a province)

  2. 2

    provincial (characteristic of the inhabitants of a province)

  3. 3

    provincial (not polished; rude)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprovincial (someone from a province)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. provincial 2. que habita na província ou é dela natural 3. que não é da capital 4. que não tem os hábitos da corte

noun: 1. aquele que é natural da província

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of provinciano

  • provinciana feminine
  • provincianos masculine plural
  • provincianas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce provinciano?

  • Brazil /pɾo.vĩ.siˈɐ̃.nu/
  • Brazil /pɾo.vĩˈsjɐ̃.nu/
  • Portugal /pɾu.vĩˈsjɐ.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to provinciano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is provinciano in Portuguese?

provinciano appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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