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  Prov

  noun

  Provo.
• prov.
  prov.

  abbreviation

  province.
• Prov.
  Prov.

  abbreviation

  Provençal.

Prov

¹ American  

[prov] / prɒv /

noun

1. Provo.

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prov. ² American  

abbreviation

1. province.

2. provincial.

3. provisional.

4. provost.

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Prov. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Provençal.

2. Provence.

3. Proverbs.

4. Province.

5. Provost.

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Prov. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Bible Proverbs

2. Province

3. Provost

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prov. ² British  

abbreviation

1. province

2. provincial

3. provisional

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Etymology

Origin of Prov

By shortening from Provo or provisional

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Prov prov. Prov.

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

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

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

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

That the Arcadians in a certain manner carried on war for the Helots is also implied in Zenobius Prov.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

HOHENLIMBURG, a town of Germany, on the Lenne, in the Prussian prov. of Westphalia, 30 m. by rail S.E. of Dortmund.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Behis`tun, a mountain in Irak-Ajemi, a prov. of Persia, on which there are rocks covered with inscriptions, the principal relating to Darius Hystaspes, of date about 515 B.C., bearing on his genealogy, domains, and victories.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Beam, an ancient prov. of France, fell to the crown with the accession of Henry IV. in 1589; formed a great part of the dep. of Basses-Pyrénées, capital Pau.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Bothnia, a prov. of Sweden, divided into E. and W. by a gulf of the name.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

It comprises three provs., the N. or Dutch Brabant; Antwerp, a Belgian prov., inhabitants Flemings, cap.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

This custom was in obedience to Prov. xxxi.

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius

And concerning these it is written, Prov. iv.

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius

Thus the divine Wisdom says in Prov. viii.,

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

The wise man, too, looks upon his disciples as his spiritual sons, Prov. iv.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

When I spoke to him on the subject, he said that the text which had guided him in his important decisions was Prov. xvi.

From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.