Hyphenation of provincial

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word provincial? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

provin-cial

Definitions of provincial:

1.	(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order The general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
2.	A country person
3.	Of or associated with a province Provincial government
4.	Characteristic of the provinces or their people Deeply provincial and conformist In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial Narrow provincial attitudes

Synonyms of provincial:

adj	administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
adj	provincial, bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated, insular, parochial, jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky, stay-at-home, corn-fed
noun	official, functionary
noun	peasant, bucolic, rustic

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.