Provo

¹

[ proh-voh ]

noun

1. a city in central Utah.

Provo

²

[ proh-voh ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

, plural Pro·vos.

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

provo

³

[ proh-voh ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

, plural pro·vos.

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

Provo

/ ˈprəʊvəʊ /

noun

1. See Provisional
   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

Tate is a sixth grader at Edgemont Elementary in Provo, Utah.

From Science News For Students

To fill its vacancies, the Big 12 added Brigham Young, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston, and now stretches from Provo, Utah, to Orlando, Florida.

From FiveThirtyEight

After two seasons in Provo, he handed the offense over to Gifford Nielsen, a future College Football Hall of Famer who threw for a major Division I-leading 3,401 yards in 1976.

From FiveThirtyEight

To make those connections, Carling compares what’s in dust to what’s in the samples from the Provo, a source of drinking water.

From Popular-Science

Nevertheless, it usually still means something, and the point spread for Saturday’s game in Provo, Utah, would seem to suggest that BYU and Virginia would be more or less equal on a neutral field.

From Washington Post

A former resident of Provo, Utah, he learned Spanish as a teenager on a mission trip in Mexico City.

From The Daily Beast

Gilmour is said to be set to take up his studies at BYU in Provo, following in the footsteps of his bride.

From The Daily Beast

Ray had reportedly been in serious but stable condition at a Provo, Utah, hospital and was surrounded by family when he died.

From The Daily Beast

Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, Phoenix,  Provo, Utah, and Greely, Colorado, round out the 20 most stressed housing markets.

From The Daily Beast

Here they discovered Provo encamped with an abundance of provisions, so their troubles were quickly over.

From Project Gutenberg

Lo sento a quel che provo, che l' ora suona; sono in procinto di spirare; ho finito prima di aver goduto del mio talento.

From Project Gutenberg

He accepted this mild declaration of political independence without protest, and I went to Provo, happily, a free man.

From Project Gutenberg

There was in those days a class of people in Provo whose conduct was not entirely satisfactory.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a gathering place for many uncouth miners, whose habits of drinking and gambling did not give Provo a very good name.

From Project Gutenberg