Meanings
proper noun
- A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Origin
- FrenchProvence
- FrenchProvence
- EnglishProvence
Borrowed from French Provence.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْروفَانْس, بَروفنسة
- بْروفَانْس (brōvāns)region in France
- بَروفنسة (barūfnsa)region in France
Basque Proventza
- Proventzaregion in France
Bulgarian Прованс
- Прованс (Provans)region in France
Catalan Provença
- Provençaregion in France
Chinese Mandarin 普羅旺斯 /普罗旺斯
- 普羅旺斯 /普罗旺斯 (Pǔluōwàngsī)region in France
Czech Provence, Provensálsko
- Provenceregion in France
- Provensálskoregion in France
Danish Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Dutch Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Esperanto Provenco
- Provencoregion in France
Finnish Provence
- Provenceregion in France
French Provence
- Provenceregion in France
German Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Greek Προβηγκία
- Προβηγκία (Provigkía)region in France
Hebrew פרובאנס
- פרובאנס (provans)region in France
Hindi प्रोवाँस
- प्रोवाँस (provā̃s)region in France
Hungarian Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Indonesian Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Irish Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Italian Provenza
- Provenzaregion in France
Japanese プロヴァンス, プロバンス
- プロヴァンス (Purovansu)region in France
- プロバンス (Purobansu)region in France
Korean 프로방스
- 프로방스 (Peurobangseu)region in France
Latin Prōvincia
- Prōvinciaregion in France
Latvian Provansa
- Provansaregion in France
Lithuanian Provansas
- Provansasregion in France
Malay Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Norwegian Bokmål Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Persian پروانس
- پروانس (provâns)region in France
Polish Prowansja
- Prowansjaregion in France
Portuguese Provença
- Provençaregion in France
Romanian Provența
- Provențaregion in France
Russian Прова́нс
- Прова́нс (Prováns)region in France
Slovak Provensalsko
- Provensalskoregion in France
Spanish Provenza
- Provenzaregion in France
Swedish Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Thai พรอว็องส์
- พรอว็องส์ (prɔɔ-wɔng-sɔɔ)region in France
Turkish Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Ukrainian Прова́нс
- Прова́нс (Prováns)region in France
Vietnamese Provence
- Provenceregion in France
Welsh Profens
- Profensregion in France
Yiddish פּראָוואַנץ
- פּראָוואַנץ (provants)region in France
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Provence
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Provence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Provence
MLA
“Provence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Provence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Provence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Provence.
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