Provo

Pro·vo ¹

 (prō′vō)

A city of north-central Utah south-southeast of Salt Lake City on the Provo River, about 65 km (40 mi) long. Settled by Mormons in 1849, it is the seat of Brigham Young University (established 1875).

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Pro·vo ²

 (prō′vō)

n. pl. Pro·vos

One of the members of an extremist faction of the Irish Republican Army.

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

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Provo

(ˈprəʊvəʊ)

n, pl -vos

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for a Provisional²

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Pro•vo¹

(ˈproʊ voʊ)

n.

a city in central Utah. 73,250.

Pro•vo²

(ˈproʊ voʊ)

n., pl. -vos.

(sometimes l.c.) provisional (def. 6).

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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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