Provo

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Provo (“member of Dutch counterculture movement”).
   alt-of
2. A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
   historical
3. A member of this movement.
   historical
4. A member of the Provisional IRA.
   in-plural, informal, often
5. A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.
6. A surname
7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.

Equivalents

5 more languages

العربيةبروفو

Italianoprovo

日本語プロヴォプロポ

NederlandsProvo

РусскийПрово

Examples

“Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example provided by the Dutch Provos to the young of other countries, Europe would have⟳ been a very different place⟳ in 1968.”

“‘Dude, we want⟳ to make⟳ a revolution!’ protested one German Provo.”

“The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.”

“'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.”

“Marcus Babington, whose father Henry (52) was shot dead by the Provos in a case of mistaken identity in Belfast in 1989, was one of those who criticised Mr Finucane, telling the Belfast Telegraph he can’t understand⟳ why the MP would want⟳ to be involved in such a commemoration.”

“When LGBTQ students, alumni and friends gathered off campus at a park⟳ in Provo, Utah, for a back-to-school event last⟳ weekend, they were met by dozens of protesters.”

“NPR spoke with more than 30 people at the DHS career expo held in Provo last⟳ week.”

“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[…]”

“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.”

“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.”

“In this respect⟳, they lag behind Amsterdam's provos, Western Europe's hippies, who once tried to prove⟳ a point⟳ about communal property: […]”

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