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Hangtown

Hangtown proper noun: placerville (a city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States).

Proper noun

Hangtown

  1. (colloquial, historical) Placerville (a city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States).
    • The city of Placerville, California, also known as Hangtown, is losing the noose on its logo. […] After an impromptu citizens’ jury agreed to hang a man accused of a crime, the town became known as Hangtown. It took on the name Placerville in 1854.2021 April 14, Rachel Trent, “City known as Hangtown votes to remove noose from its logo”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022

Origin of Hangtown

From hang + town.

Words formed from Hangtown

Phrases with Hangtown

Questions about Hangtown

What does Hangtown mean?
Hangtown means placerville (a city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States).
What part of speech is Hangtown?
Hangtown is a proper noun.

Words near Hangtown in the dictionary

  1. hangtag
  2. hangtags
  3. hangtail
  4. hangtime
  5. hangtimes
  6. Hangtown
  7. Hangtown fries
  8. Hangtown fry
  9. Hangu
  10. Hanguk
  11. hangul

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