Jonestown

English

proper noun
Definitions
  • A former settlement in Guyana founded by the church-turned-cult Peoples Temple, the site of an infamous mass murder/suicide in 1978.
  • (informal) The Jonestown massacre itself.
  • Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.

Etymology

Compound from English Jones + English town.

Origin

English

town

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