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
Region
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.Place; rank; station; dignity.The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.