The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria when the Colony of British Columbia, i. e. " the Mainland ", became a British colony in 1858.

The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska.

On December 6, 2001, an amendment was made to the Constitution of Canada to change the province's official name to Newfoundland and Labrador.

The name Newfoundland is derived from English as " New Found Land " ( a translation from the Portuguese Terra Nova, and still reflected in the province's French language name, " Terre Neuve ").

The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole, pronounced.

The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze ( sometimes rendered in English as " Masovia "), with which it is roughly coterminous.

The province's name recalls the historic Lubusz Land ( Lebus or Lubus ), although part of the voivodeship in fact belongs to the historic region of Silesia.

The name Shanxi literally means " mountain's west ", which refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains.

The party adopted the " Progressive Conservative " party name in 1942 when Manitoba Premier John Bracken, a long-time leader of that province's Progressive Party, agreed to become leader of the Conservatives on condition that the party add Progressive to its name.

The table below lists the three preceding kingdoms, each province's name in the Roman alphabet, hangul, and hanja, as well as the provincial capital, and the equivalent modern-day province.

The term has almost become a brand name, especially in California, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Washington, to which most of the province's cannabis is exported.

The origin of the province's name is uncertain.

The name of the provincial capital, Kalan, was then officially changed to match with the province's name.

The " 400-series " numbers were first introduced in 1952 to designate the province's controlled-access highways, which were previously referred to by name.

Usually, the province's name is the same as that of its capital city.

The origin of each province's name is detailed in the table below.

The province draws its name from what were the largest cities in Hwanghae, Haeju and Hwangju ; the name, which literally means " Yellow Sea " in Korean, also references the Yellow Sea, which forms the province's eastern bound.

In practical terms, Dumont has supported the creation of a Quebec constitution, the change of the province's name to that of the " autonomous state of Québec ", and the collection of all taxes by the provincial government, with the funds necessary for the federal government to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities being transferred to it by the province.

Since membership is based on a province's communion with Canterbury, expulsion would require the Archbishop of Canterbury's refusal to be in communion with the affected jurisdiction ( s ).

The province's most populous city is Vancouver, which is not on Vancouver Island but rather is located in the southwest corner of the mainland ( an area often called the Lower Mainland ).

The province's mainland away from the coastal regions is not as moderated by the Pacific Ocean and ranges from desert and semi-arid plateau to the range and canyon districts of the Central and Southern Interior to boreal forest and sub-arctic prairie in the Northern Interior.

Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy ; other major industries are transportation, manufacturing, mining, forestry, energy, and tourism.

The province's mainland is the Nova Scotia peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, including numerous bays and estuaries.

Cape Breton Island, a large island to the northeast of the Nova Scotia mainland, is also part of the province, as is Sable Island, a small island notorious for its shipwrecks, approximately from the province's southern coast.

As of 2011, the province's population is 514, 536.

Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest city, St. John's, is Canada's 20th-largest Census Metropolitan Area, and is home to nearly 40 percent of the province's population.

* Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions ; Central Ontario ( although not actually the province's geographic centre ), Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe and Southwestern Ontario ( parts of which were formerly referred to as Western Ontario ).

Occitan's decline is somewhat less pronounced in Bearn because of the province's history ( a late addition to the Kingdom of France ), though even there the language is little spoken outside the homes of the rural elderly.

The province's highest point, at, is located in the Cypress Hills and is the highest geographical point above sea-level between the Rocky Mountains and Quebec.

The Silesian voivodeship's government is headed by the province's voivode ( governor ) who is appointed by the Polish Prime Minister.

The University is also the province's second largest research institution and the nation's lead institution in the VENUS and NEPTUNE deep-water seafloor observatory projects.

Agriculturally fertile soils account for around 60 % of the province's area, while 20 %, the rest of the non-forested or urban areas, is mostly wetland soil ( muck-peat and alluvial soils ).

Wielkopolska Region lies within the basin of the Oder River, 88 % of the province's surface water drains into the Warta river basin, and the remaining 12 % is drained by a multitude of other river systems, including the Barycz, Ladislaus Trench and Obrzycy waterways.

The Greater Poland voivodeship's government is headed by the province's voivode ( governor ) who is appointed by the Polish Prime Minister.

The origin of the names for Eber and the Hebrews, as used in European Christian languages, derived from Aramaic עבר ʿĒḇer and עברי ʿIḇrāy, as spoken in the Roman province of Judaea and by those Jews who escaped the province's destruction.

The provincial government's revenue, although often described as predominantly coming from the province's resource base, actually is derived from a variety of sources.

The province's name is of Sanskrit origin through Pali and is derived from the words " uttarā " ( उत ् तर ), meaning " upper, north, left side " ( i. e. Northwest ), and " jaya " ( जय ) which means " victory ".

Malampa is a province of Vanuatu, made up of three main islands, Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, from which the province's name is derived.

The province's name is derived from the Sino-Vietnamese word: 安江, meaning " peaceful river ".

Its colours are derived from the province's coat of arms, with blue from the upper division, green for the three maple leaves, red from the centre division, gold for the crown and lion passant, and white for the scroll containing the province's motto, Je me souviens ().

The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity ; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.