Provo.
A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Meaning & usage
A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.
A member of this movement.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.
A member of the Provisional IRA.
The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of provisional + -o.
A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.
Where this word comes from
* 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.
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