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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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).
- noun One of the members of an extremist faction of the Irish Republican Army.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Shortening and alteration of Provisional (Wing), name of the faction.]
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