Provo

provo provò English Pronunciation en /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/ RP en /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ GA en əʊvəʊ 2 Etymology 1 From en nl Provo, shortened from nl provoceren to provoke, from en fr provoquer. Proper noun en now historical A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s. Noun en member en now historical A member of this movement. en 2017 Richard Ivan Jobs Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe University of Chicago Press 9780226462035 104 https://books.google.com/books?id=15YtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&dq=Dutch+%22Provos%22&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=Dutch%20%22Provos%22&f=false 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. en 2023 Dorian Lynskey Bicycle Sharers of the World Unite! Literary Review 524 17 ‘Dude, we want to make a revolution!’ protested one German Provo. Alternative forms en provo Further reading Provo (movement) Etymology 2 en provisional + en -o. Noun en informal often in plural A member of the Provisional IRA. en The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast. en 2022 The Heretic Liam McIlvanney 210 'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head. en O’Neill says Finucane will attend controversial IRA commemoration w:Belfast Telegraph 2023-06-07 Cillian Sherlock https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/oneill-says-finucane-will-attend-controversial-ira-commemoration/2033785192.html 0307-1235 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230822115837/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/oneill-says-finucane-will-attend-controversial-ira-commemoration/2033785192.html 22 August 2023 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. Proper noun en city/county seat co/Utah County s/Utah c/USA. en Nicole Chavez;Amanda Musa People dressed in angel wings shielded LGBTQ students attending BYU from protesters w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/07/us/byu-lgbtq-students-tensions-reaj 2022-09-07 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220909111220/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/07/us/byu-lgbtq-students-tensions-reaj en Ximena Bustillo Fired feds, Trump lovers and veterans: Meet the people applying for ICE jobs w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/nx-s1-5534437/dhs-ice-job-fair 2025-09-26 NPR spoke with more than 30 people at the DHS career expo held in Provo last week. https://web.archive.org/web/20251023193357/https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/nx-s1-5534437/dhs-ice-job-fair en ucomm/and/CDP co/Fall River County s/South Dakota. Derived terms en Provoan Translations city in Utah Arabic: ar بروفو brūfū Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 普羅沃 Pǔluówò Czech: cs Provo Dutch: nl Provo n German: de Provo n Greek: el Πρόβο Hebrew: he פרובו Hindi: hi प्रोवो Japanese: ja プロボ Purobo, ja プロヴォ Purovo Marathi: mr प्रोव्हो Navajo: nv Tsétis Deezlíní Polish: pl Provo Russian: ru Прово n Thai: th โปรโว prowo References Nichols, Jeffrey D.  "Etienne Provost."  Utah History to Go.  1995.  State of Utah.  23 Feb. 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070111154026/http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/etienneprovost.html. "Provo." U.S. Gazetteer. 23 Feb. 2007. Dictionary.com. "Provo." U.S. Gazetteer. 23 Feb. 2007. Dictionary.com. Further reading Provo, Utah Provo, South Dakota Etymology 4 + (surname) Proper noun en en 1899 William Nelson Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey 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 en 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. en 2013 W. Thomas Porter Go Huskies!: Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition Triumph Books (IL) 9781600788277 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 en ooprv OProv en eponyms Dutch Etymology nl provoceren to provoke (or nl provocatie provocation), derived from nl fr provoquer. Pronunciation nl /ˈproː.voː/ Proper noun c a Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s Further reading nl