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Definition of Provincial capital

1. Noun. The capital city of a province.

Definition of Provincial capital

1. Noun. The capital of a province. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Provincial Capital

Literary usage of Provincial capital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... again became the provincial capital, and has continued to be so up to the present date. During the Mutiny of 1857, ..."

2. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"The typo chosen represents the average provincial capital. The capital token as type is of the size most suited to our modern wants. exact, requires the ..."

3. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays by Frank Shay, Pierre Loving (1920)
"THE SCENE is icuii in a provincial capital. Reprinted from "Plays: First Series," by permission of, and special arrangements with, Mr. John (¡arrett ..."

4. A Cycle of Cathay: Or, China, South and North. With Personal Reminiscences by William Alexander Parsons Martin (1896)
"... baby-tower—Preaching in Examination Hall—Brownsville and exogamy—A stage for a pulpit—Country hospitality—Village feuds—The provincial capital—A Chinese ..."

5. Potomac Landings by Paul Wilstach (1921)
"CHAPTER VIII Towns on Tidewater—Paper Towns—The provincial capital at St. Mary's, Its Rise and Fall—Kinsale, Leonardtown, Port Tobacco, Dumfries, ..."

6. The Coming Struggle in Eastern Asia by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1908)
"Stationed at the provincial capital of Kiang-ning. Infant Cavalry — gth Regiment. Artillery — gth Regiment. Engineers — gth Battalion. ..."

7. The Coming Struggle in Eastern Asia by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1909)
"Stationed at the provincial capital of Hunan. Infantry-25th Brigade 4. Stationed at the provincial capital of Kiangsi. Infantry-27th Brigade 5 ^giment. ..."

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