Etymograph

English

North Western Province

From north + western + province, either a calque of Tamil வட மேல் மாகாணம் (vaṭa mēl mākāṇam, “Northwest Province”) or a calque of Sinhalese වයඹ පළාත (wayaᵐba paḷāta).

A compound of north + western + province

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘below (the surface)’

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Proto-Germanic *nurþrą ‘north’

Proto-West Germanic *norþr ‘northern’

Old English norþ

Middle English north ‘north’

English north

Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz

Old English westerne

Middle English westerne ‘western’

English western

Latin prōvincia ‘office’

Anglo-Norman province

Middle English provynce ‘province’

English province

Today it means

name A province of Sri Lanka.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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