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പ്രവിശ്യ

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Madras province, one of the provinces of the British Raj

Borrowed from Portuguese província, ultimately from Latin prōvincia. Cognate with Tagalog probinsiya, German Provinz, Dutch provincie, Polish prowincja and Romanian provincie.

പ്രവിശ്യ (praviśya)

  1. province; An administrative subdivision of certain countries.