northern province
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnorthernandprovince
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northern
adjective
uk/ˈnɔː.ðən/us/ˈnɔːr.ðɚn/
in or from the north part of ...
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province
noun
uk/ˈprɒv.ɪns/us/ˈprɑː.vɪns/
one of the areas that a country or empire is divided into as part of the organization of its government, which often has some control over its own ...
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(Definition ofnorthernandprovincefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Millet and sorghum are raised in the northern provinces, primarily in areas affected by drought.
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With the influence of the rebels rapidly growing in the northern provinces, the war entered a second and more decisive phase.
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The northern provinces became independent, first in 1581 "de facto", and in 1648 "de jure".
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He performed in the northern provinces for the remainder of his career.
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In thenorthernprovince, ex-servicemen used their money to buy cattle in order to marry into more established families.
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Some bishops only used prosecution in the face of a clear nonconformist challenge, as is evident from several cases in thenorthernprovince.
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Again, thenorthernprovincehas been pushed into another downward spiral.
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Since then, sporadic outbreaks of violence have occurred in different parts of the territory, most recently in thenorthernprovince.
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They say that thenorthernprovinceis less in need than the southern province.
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In this way thenorthernprovinceis contiguous to both the other two, bringing all three into closer intercommunication.
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The war, that has continued since then, has almost completely disrupted civil administration in thenorthernprovinceand caused economic devastation of the whole country.
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This allowed the southern area to provide grain to thenorthernprovince, particularly to troops stationed there.
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Localized gari shortages were also blamed on the trade between the eastern and the northern provinces.
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During this same period, 1,243 tons of palm oil were railed from the western to the northern provinces.
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In the northern provinces the continuing hostilities and the difficult terrain add to the problems.
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Many people have fled this brutal violence and are living in desperate circumstances in the northern provinces.
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The northern provinces, which have more fertile land, were not affected by the recent floods.
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Twenty northern provinces had been placed under storm warnings before the storm hit.
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Nothing was as certain to unite the northern provinces as the suggestion that they should abandon their hard-fought sovereignty.
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