provincial

• adj.地方; ローカル; 教区的
• n. 荒くれ者; 田舎者; よそ者

州、地方、地元から。地方の、排外的な、古風な、などから派生した。

provincial (adj.)

late 14c., "pertaining to a province," from Old French provincial "belonging to a particular province (of friars)" (13c.), from Latin provincialis "of a province," from provincia (see province).

Meaning "of the small towns and countryside" (as opposed to the capital and urban center) is from 1630s, a borrowed idiom from French, transferred from sense of "particular to the province," hence "local." Suggestive of rude, petty, or narrow society by 1755. Classical Latin provincialis seems not to have had this tinge. In British use, with reference to the American colonies, from 1680s.

provincial (n.)

late 14c., "ecclesiastical head of a province," from provincial (adj.). From c. 1600 as "native or inhabitant of a province;" from 1711 as "country person."

1. Times become more flexible off-season，especially in the smaller provincial museums.

特に規模の小さい地方博物館では、開放時間は観光閑散期により柔軟になる。

2.Her story is sharply evocative of Italian provincial life.

彼女の物語は、イタリアの田舎暮らしを鮮明に思い出させる。

3.A provincial magistrates 'court last week ruled it unconstitutional.ある省レベルの地方裁判所は先週、違憲と判断した。

4.Six new members have been inducted into the Provincial Cabinet.

6人の新メンバーが省内閣チームに正式に加入した。

5.Guerillas captured and briefly held an important provincial capital.

ゲリラが重要な首府を攻略し、一時的に制御した。