Provo

See also: provo and provò

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from the Provisional Wing of the IRA.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvəʊ

Noun

Provo (plural Provos)

  1. (informal) A member of the Provisional IRA.
    The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.

Etymology 2

From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/

Proper noun

Provo

  1. A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.

Noun

Provo (plural Provos)

  1. A member of this movement.
Alternative forms

Further reading

Etymology 3
  • The city in Utah is named after the mountain man and trapper Étienne Provost.
  • The city in South Dakota is named after Bill Provost, Sr., an early resident.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/

Proper noun

Provo

  1. A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.
  2. A city in South Dakota.
Derived terms
  • Provoan
Translations

References

Further reading

Proper noun

Provo

  1. A surname
    • 1899, William Nelson, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, page 547:
      Certificate of Ilypolite Lefever and wife Mary, that they have agreed to sell and convey to George Provo, late of the Parish of St. Martins in the Feilds, Co. of Middlesex, England, now of New Salem, cordwinder, their dividend […]
    • 2006, Canada. Parliament. Senate, Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard):
      Minister MacKay said during the Nova Scotia election campaign that Tory candidate Dwayne Provo was in the best position to help his constituents receive money from ACAO.
    • 2013, W. Thomas Porter, Go Huskies!: Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition, Triumph Books (IL), →ISBN, page 53:
      Fred Provo received the Flaherty Award as the football team's most inspirational player. He was also their leading rusher. Husky fans knew him as a hard driver with the speed of a gazelle.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”) (or provocatie (“provocation”)), derived from French provoquer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈproː.voː/

Proper noun

Provo c

  1. A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.

Further reading
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