English Explanatory Dictionary

Hicksville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
  3. A hamlet and census-designated place in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
  4. A village in Defiance County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Bland County, Virginia.
  6. A hamlet or small rural community populated by hicks.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Hicksville.

Word forms

Hicksville Hicksvilles

Etymology

From hick + -s- + -ville (sense 2). In Ohio and Long Island (New York) at least, from the surname Hicks + -ville.

Related words

remote place
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