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-ville

a combining form extracted from place names ending in -ville, used in the coinage of informal nonce words, usu. pejorative, that characterize a place, person, group, or situation (dullsville; disasterville; Mediaville) or that name a condition (embarrassmentville; gloomsville).

Origin:
ult. < F ville city; see bidonville

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Spanish:

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German:

pt. of may:können,

Japanese:

mayの過去形

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-ville
suff. Quality; condition: dullsville.

[From place names ending in -ville (as Jacksonville), from French, town, from Old French vile, from Latin vīlla, country house, farm; see weik-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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-ville

suffix sporadically in vogue since c.1840 (cf. dullsville, palookaville), abstracted from the -ville in place names (Louisville, Greenville, etc.), from O.Fr. ville "town," from L. villa (see villa).

Ville Platte, LA (town, FIPS 78715) Location: 30.69004 N, 92.28025 W
Population (1990): 9037 (3721 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70586

T Ville, KY Zip code(s): 42167

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