Dictionary entry

Provincialism

Pronunciation: /prəˈvɪnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/prəˈvɪnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကျေးလက်တောနယ် တွင်သုံးစွဲသည့်စကား။

Definition

provincial /prǝ'vÇnʃl/ adj ၁။ (attrib) (က) စီရင္စု။ the provincial government. ❍ provincial taxes. (ခ) နယ္။ provincial newspapers/ theatres/ towns. ၂။ ( derog ) ေဒသစြဲ။ provincial attitudes. n ( usu derog ) ေတာကတက္လာသူ။ ေတာသား။ ဂႏိုင္က်သူ။ အျမင္က်ဥ္းသူ။ Whenever I go to New York I feel like a provincial. ❏ provincialism /-Çzǝm/ n ( derog ) [U] ေဒသစိတ္။ ေဒသအစြဲ။ He wanted to escape from the provincialism of the small town where he had been brought up. provincially /-ʃǝli/ adv

Examples

  1. A provincial government/election
  2. Provincial attitudes to modern art