Provo

Provoname詞源 1/ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/

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  historicalA Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.

Provonoun詞源 1/ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/

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  historicalA member of this movement.

  • 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.

Provonoun詞源 2/ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/

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  informalA member of the Provisional IRA.

  • The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.
  • 'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.

Provoname詞源 3/ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/

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  A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.

  • 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.
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  An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.

Provoname詞源 4/ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/

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  A surname

  • 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.