United Provinces

English

Proper noun

the United Provinces

(historical) A historical region in India, now the state of Uttar Pradesh.
1. A province of British India from 1937 to 1947.
2. 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.

Translations

historical Indian province

Bengali: যুক্তপ্রদেশ (juktoprodeś)
Hindi: संयुक्त प्रांत m (sañyukt prānt)
Marathi: संयुक्त प्रांत (saiyukta prānta)
Urdu: متحدہ صوبے

historical Dutch republic

French: Provinces-Unies (fr)

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