English Explanatory Dictionary

Provan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. An industrial location, motorway interchange and parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6266).

Word forms

Provan Provans

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, so called from Middle English provend (“land providing revenue for a holder of religious office”). Compare prebend.

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