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Prov

1 American  
[prov] / prɒv /

noun

  1. Provo.


prov. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. province.

  2. provincial.

  3. provisional.

  4. provost.


Prov. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Provençal.

  2. Provence.

  3. Proverbs.

  4. Province.

  5. Provost.


Prov. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Bible Proverbs

  2. Province

  3. Provost

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

prov. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. province

  2. provincial

  3. provisional

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Prov

By shortening from Provo or provisional

Example Sentences

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The largest donor is John Kruger, an Orange County entrepreneur and education reform advocate who has given $500,000 through his Irvine-based Prov.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2021

In India's Sind Prov ince a 500-rupee ceiling on dowries produced its inevitable economic effect: a black market in bridegrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Driven from Wuchang to Kweilin by Japanese bombers, it now carries on deep in the hills of southern Yunnan Prov ince.

From Time Magazine Archive

Raul Damonte Taborda had charged that Colonel Rottjer, while Interventor in Buenos Aires Prov ince, permitted fraudulent election practices, thereby disgracing the uniform he wore.

From Time Magazine Archive

The command is peremptory and perpetual, "Forsake the foolish," Prov ix.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander