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Hyphenation for “provincial”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “provincial”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "provincial" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “provincial” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „provincial“ ⟶ „provin-cial“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "provincial"

provincial >> /prəˈvɪn(t)ʃ(ə)l/

Definition: [noun] An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
Example: Augustine was a local boy who made good, a provincial from the southern edge of Fourth-Century Roman Africa, vain and enslaved to a fierce mother.

Definition: [noun] An inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
Example: a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials

Synonyms of "provincial"

bumpkin | country bumpkin | country cousin | rustic | yokel | village idiot | peasant | churl | lout | boor | oaf | clown | barbarian | yahoo |

Definition: [noun] The head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.
Example: As provincial of his order, he addressed temperance meetings throughout Ireland.

Definition: [adjective] Of or concerning a province of a country or empire.
Example: provincial elections

Synonyms of "provincial"

non-metropolitan | small-town | non-urban | outlying | rural | country | rustic | backwoods | backwater |

Definition: [adjective] Of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
Example: the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial

Synonyms of "provincial"

regional | state | territorial | district | local |