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Idiotville

Idiotville proper noun: a ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.

Proper noun

Idiotville

  1. A ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.

Origin of Idiotville

From idiot + -ville. Approximately 0.5 miles up Idiot Creek was a site known as Ryan's Camp, a logging operation in the Tillamook Burn. It is said that only ‘an idiot’ would labor there due to its far-flung location, hence the name. The toponym was eventually applied to the stream.

Questions about Idiotville

What does Idiotville mean?
Idiotville means a ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
What part of speech is Idiotville?
Idiotville is a proper noun.

Words near Idiotville in the dictionary

  1. idiotry
  2. idiots
  3. idiots savants
  4. idiots-savants
  5. Idiotsville
  6. Idiotville
  7. idiotype
  8. idiotypes
  9. idiotypic
  10. idiotypically
  11. idiotypy

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