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Placerville

Placerville proper noun: a city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Placerville

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Hangtown
  2. An unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
  3. A small city and former mining town in Boise County, Idaho, United States.

Synonyms of Placerville

Origin of Placerville

From placer + -ville.

Questions about Placerville

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

Words near Placerville in the dictionary

  1. placer
  2. Placer County
  3. Placeres
  4. Placereses
  5. placers
  6. Placerville
  7. places
  8. places in the sun
  9. places of articulation
  10. places of birth
  11. places of business

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