ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Prowincja

Okay kiddo, do you know what a province is? It's a word we use to talk about a smaller area inside of a bigger area, kind of like a piece of a pie. In some countries, they use a different word for province, and in Poland, they call it "prowincja."

So if we imagine a very big country with lots of different cities and towns, we can split it up into smaller areas called prowincjas. Each prowincja might have its own different culture, way of speaking, or important places to visit.

For example, imagine a country like Poland. It has 16 different prowincjas inside of it, with names like Malopolska, Mazowieckie, and Pomorskie. Each of these prowincjas has its own unique things that make it special, like delicious foods to eat or beautiful sights to see.

So when we talk about prowincjas, we're talking about these smaller areas inside a bigger country. It's like if we took a pizza and cut it into slices – each slice is its own little piece of the whole pizza, just like each prowincja is its own little piece of the whole country.