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Definition of provo - 5 dictionary results

pro⋅vo

[proh-voh]
–noun, plural -vos. (sometimes initial capital letter)
a Dutch or German political agitator, esp. in the 1960s and 1970s.

Origin:
1965–70; shortened from F provocateur provocateur

Pro⋅vo

[proh-voh]
–noun
a city in central Utah. 73,907.

Pro⋅vo

[proh-voh]
–noun, plural -vos. (sometimes lowercase) Informal.
a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.

Origin:
1970–75; prov(isional) + -o
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Pro·vo 1   (prō'vō)   
A city of north-central Utah south-southeast of Salt Lake City. It was settled by Mormons in 1849 and is the seat of Brigham Young University (established 1875). Population: 114,000.
Pro·vo 2   (prō'vō)   
n.   pl. Pro·vos
One of the members of an extremist faction of the Irish Republican Army.

[Shortening and alteration of Provisional (Wing), name of the faction.]
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