Pro is an abbreviation meaning " professional". Pro, PRO or variants thereof may also refer to:

People

* Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest * Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter *

Mlungisi Mdluli Mlungisi "Pro" Mdluli, previously Mlungisi Gumbi, (born 9 March 1980) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played for Maritzburg City, Golden Arrows and Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer Leagu ...

(born 1980), South African retired footballer * Derek Minor (PRo; born 1984), hip-hop singer * Mike Awesome (1965–2007), a.k.a. The Pro, American wrestler Michael Lee Alfonso * Pro Wells, American football player

Occupations

Prostitute Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...

, slang abbreviation * Public relations officer

Linguistics

PRO (linguistics) In generative linguistics, PRO (called "big PRO", distinct from ''pro'', "small pro" or " little pro") is a pronominal determiner phrase (DP) without phonological content. As such, it is part of the set of empty categories. The null pronoun PRO is ...

("big PRO") *

pro (linguistics) In generative linguistics, PRO (called "big PRO", distinct from ''pro'', "small pro" or " little pro") is a pronominal determiner phrase (DP) without phonological content. As such, it is part of the set of empty categories. The null pronoun PRO is ...

("little pro")

Political parties

* ', (Progressive Party), Chile * ' (Republican Proposal), Argentina * ' ( Party for a Rule of Law Offensive), former German party

Organizations

* ', the Swedish National Pensioners’ Organisation * Performance rights organisation *

Producer Responsibility Organisation In the field of waste management, extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product. Extended producer respo ...

* Professional Referee Organization, for North American soccer * Provincial Research Organization, Canadian initiatives * Public.Resource.Org, public domain publisher

Science and technology

* PRO (category theory), in mathematics *

.pro The domain name pro is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from ''professional'', indicating its intended use by certified professionals. History In October 2000 Jason Drummond came up with ...

, a top-level Internet domain * pro-, a prefix used in taxonomy * Patient-reported outcome, in clinical trials * Pressure-retarded osmosis *

Proline Proline (symbol Pro or P) is an organic acid classed as a proteinogenic amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins), although it does not contain the amino group but is rather a secondary amine. The secondary amine nitrogen is in the prot ...

, an amino acid * Protein Ontology, a Protein Information Resource database

Entertainment

* Pasadena Roof Orchestra, England * ''The Pro'' (TV series), with Rob Lowe * ''The Pro'' (comics)

Other uses

* SIG Pro, a pistol series * Public Record Office, UK *

Pro TV PRO TV (, often stylized as PRO•TV as of 2017) is a Romanian free-to-air television network, launched on 1 December 1995 as the fourth private TV channel in the country (after TV SOTI, Antena 1, and the now-defunct Tele7ABC). It is owned by CME ...

, Romania