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.]