Provo

¹

[proh-voh]

noun

1. a city in central Utah.

Provo

²

[proh-voh]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

plural

Provos 

1. a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.

provo

³

[proh-voh]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

plural

provos 

1. a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.

Provo

/ ˈprəʊvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for a Provisional

Word History and Origins

Origin of Provo¹

First recorded in 1970–75; prov(isional) + -o

Origin of Provo²

1965–70; shortened from French provocateur provocateur

Example Sentences

In Provo, Utah, teachers learn to shoot.

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Gemma Keith, a 14-year-old who lives in the Provo, Utah, area, hopes to collect a potato or two this Halloween.

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But it has been decades since the Fourth District Court in Provo, the county seat, has hosted a murder trial that captivated the country: the 1984 double homicide of Brenda Lafferty and her baby by her husband’s brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who were driven by extreme religious beliefs.

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On a recent Sunday morning in Provo, Utah, a small congregation of about two dozen people gathered in a church hall for ward services.

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Ward services like this have brought a consistent comfort and sense of community for Izzy, who came to Provo to study at Brigham Young University a few years ago.

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