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

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

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

The phrase "A Tantony Pig" is also explained, for which see further Halliwell's Dict. of Arch. and Prov.

From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various