Provo

¹ American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

1. a city in central Utah.

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Provo ² American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

PLURAL

Provos

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

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provo ³ American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

PLURAL

provos

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

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Provo British  

/ ˈprəʊvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for a Provisional

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Etymology

Origin of Provo¹

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

Origin of provo¹

1965–70; shortened from French provocateur provocateur

Example Sentences

You spent a couple of years in your teenage life in Provo Canyon.

From Salon

PROVO, Utah — Yvonne Ejim scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the No. 18 Gonzaga women secured the WCC regular-season title outright with a 58-51 victory over Brigham Young.

From Seattle Times

In the 2020 YouTube documentary “This Is Paris,” Hilton opened up about the sexual and psychological trauma she’d grappled with when attending Provo Canyon School in Utah, a boarding school where she spent 11 months.

From Los Angeles Times

Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin made by Purdue Pharma LP at a local pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S.

From Reuters

Kirk Chambers, the head coach of the Provo High School Bulldogs football team, said he decided to scrap last Friday’s game after smoke wafting over Utah piled up against the Wasatch Mountains and sent the color-coded air-quality dials on his phone from orange to red to a sickly purple.

From New York Times