County
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The land ruled by a count or a countess. An administrative region of various countries, including Canada, China, Croatia, France, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions, as in traditional county.
Example sentence: I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came from. I just know County Cork.
Province
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level.A territorial area within a country.Northern Ireland