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Provo

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Pro·vo 1  (prv)
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  (prv)
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.]

Provo [ˈprəʊvəʊ]
n pl -vos
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for a Provisional [2]
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Noun1.Provo - a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons
Beehive State, Mormon State, Utah, UT - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young


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