A city of north-central Utah south-southeast of Salt Lake City on the Provo River, about 65 km (40 mi) long. Settled by Mormons in 1849, it is the seat of Brigham Young University (established 1875). |
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n. pl. Pro·vos One of the members of an extremist faction of the Irish Republican Army. [Shortening and alteration of Provisional (Wing), name of the faction.] |
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