provo
/ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
name
A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.
name
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.
name
A surname
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Provo (“member of Dutch counterculture movement”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Provo, provoquer
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
- British English: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/