Proper noun
(historical) A historical region in India, now the state of Uttar Pradesh.
A province of British India from 1937 to 1947.
A province of the Dominion of India from 1947 to 1950.
(historical) A republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795; the predecessor state of the modern Netherlands.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDiscontent in New Amsterdam led locals to dispatch Adriaen van der Donck back to the United Provinces to seek redress. Source: Internet
By 1621, the United Provinces had charted a new company, a trading monopoly in the Americas and West Africa : the Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie or WIC). Source: Internet
As the United Provinces found out about Jewitt's flag raising from a British newspaper article, how could they have sent what was a pirate ship? Source: Internet
The All India Muslim League made him a candidate in the 1946 election for a United Provinces assembly seat. Source: Internet
After the fourth war between the United Provinces and England (1780–1784), the company suffered increasing financial difficulties. Source: Internet
He also won complete design responsibility for the 1936–1937 United Provinces Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture. Source: Internet