provincial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Narrow-minded or unsophisticated, in the way of someone from a small town far from the city.

   He found their tastes hopelessly provincial after years of living abroad.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to a province or the regions outside the capital.

   The party did surprisingly well in the provincial elections.

From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

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