Meaning

5 senses
  1. A number of places in the United States:

    (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A village in Defiance County, Ohio.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Bland County, Virginia.

  5. (Canada, US, countable, humorous, uncountable)A hamlet or small rural community populated by hicks.

Origin

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

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

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