Provo or Provos may refer to:

In geography

In the United States

Provo, Kentucky Provo is an unincorporated community located in Butler County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bo ...

, an unincorporated community *

Provo, South Dakota Provo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of ...

, an unincorporated community * Provo Township, Fall River County, South Dakota *

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the ...

, a city **

Provo Peak Provo Peak is a mountain peak in the Wasatch Range and the Uinta National Forest that is located within the city limits of Provo, Utah, United States. The peak has an elevation of , but a prominence of only . Although located along the Wasatch ...

, a mountain within the city limits *

Provo Canyon Provo Canyon is located in unincorporated Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah. Provo Canyon runs between Mount Timpanogos on the north and Mount Cascade on the south. The canyon extends from Orem on the west end to Heber City on the east. Provo ...

, Utah *

Provo River The Provo River is located in Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah, in the United States. It rises in the Uinta Mountains at Wall Lake and flows about southwest to Utah Lake at the city of Provo, Utah. Course The two main branches of Provo Rive ...

, Utah

Elsewhere

* Provo, Livno, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Provo, Vladimirci, a village in Serbia *

Providenciales Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. Providenciales is the la ...

, often shortened to Provo locally, an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands

People

* Saint Provos, another name for

Saint Probus of Side Andronicus, Probus (Provos), and Tarachus (Tharacus, Tarachos) were martyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304 AD). According to tradition, Tarachus was beaten with stones. Probus was thrashed with whips, his back and sides were pierced with ...

(died c. 304 AD), a martyr of the Diocletian persecution *

Provo Wallis Provo or Provos may refer to: In geography In the United States * Provo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Provo, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Provo Township, Fall River County, South Dakota * Provo, Utah, a city ** Provo Pe ...

(1791–1892), British admiral of the fleet *

Dwayne Provo Dwayne Provo (born October 7, 1970) is a Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician. Early life Provo was born in North Preston, Nova Scotia (one of Canada's largest Black communities) and attended university at Saint Mary's Univers ...

(born 1970), retired Canadian Football League player *

Fred Provo Fred Provo (April 17, 1922–June 6, 1999) was a halfback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers c ...

(1922–1999), America National Football League player in 1948

Transportation

Provo station (Amtrak) Provo station is a train station in Provo, Utah. It is served by Amtrak's ''California Zephyr'', which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Description The station is located on the north sid ...

, Amtrak inter-city rail station *

Provo station (Utah Transit Authority) Provo Central station is an intermodal transit station in Provo, Utah, United States. It is served by the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) FrontRunner commuter rail line as well as local, intra-county, and interstate buses. It is the southern ter ...

, Utah Transit Authority commuter rail and bus station *

Kia Provo The Kia Provo is a 3-door subcompact hatchback concept revealed by South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Name Some media outlets, such as ''Car and Driver'' and ''Motor Trend'', speculated that the Kia Provo ...

, a 2013 South Korean concept subcompact hatchback

Other uses

Provo (movement) Provo was a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non-violent bait. It was preceded by the nozem movement and followed by the hippie movement. Provo was founded, on ...

, a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s * Provos, informal term for the

Provisional Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reun ...

* USNS ''Provo'' (T-AG-173), a U.S. Navy ship *

Provo College Provo College is a private for-profit college focused on health care programs and located in Provo, Utah. History What is now Provo College opened in 1984 under the name of Dental Careers Institute. Its name changed to Advanced Careers Insti ...

, Provo, Utah *

Provo High School Provo High School is a public secondary school located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Provo City School District and was the oldest secondary school in the city. In the Summer of 2017 the school district be ...

, Provo, Utah * PROV-O, an OWL2 ontology allowing the mapping of the PROV data model to RDF {{disambiguation, geo, surname