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Prov

Prov is the abbreviation of Provence.

Prov is the abbreviation of Provençal.

Meaning of Provence

Proper noun

Provence

  1. A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Meaning of Provençal

Proper noun

Provençal

  1. (broadly, dated, proscribed) The language spoken in Provence; Occitan.
    • “Mirèio” first appeared at Paris in September, 1859, having beside the Provençal a parallel French version of the author's own, or rather a prose translation divided into verses to correspond with the stanzas of the original. […] I must, however, hasten to disclaim any thing approaching to a...1872, Frédéric Mistral, translated by Harriet W. Preston, Mirèio: A Provençal Poem, translation of original in Provençal, Preface, page x
    Synonyms:
    Occitan
  2. (strictly) The Romance Occitan dialect of Provence.
    • It was the first time I had heard Provençal spoken – there seemed to be moss packed between every syllable.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 343

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Questions about Prov

What is Prov the abbreviation of?
Prov is the abbreviation of Provence.

Words near Prov in the dictionary

  1. Prout
  2. prout de jure
  3. Prout's hypothesis
  4. Prouty
  5. Proutys
  6. Prov
  7. prov'd
  8. prov.
  9. provabilities
  10. provability
  11. provable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Prov (page history and authors); Provence (page history and authors); Provençal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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