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Sligoville

Sligoville proper noun: a village in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.

Proper noun

Sligoville

  1. A village in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.
    • Benjamin left to join his minister-man to work his own piece of land in a place called Sligoville.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 336

Origin of Sligoville

Named after Howe Browne, Marquess of Sligo and Governor of Jamaica, in 1834, the year that freedom came to the enslaved people of Jamaica.

Questions about Sligoville

What does Sligoville mean?
Sligoville means a village in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.
What part of speech is Sligoville?
Sligoville is a proper noun.

Words near Sligoville in the dictionary

  1. slightually
  2. slighty
  3. Sligo
  4. Sligoman
  5. Sligomen
  6. Sligoville
  7. Sligowoman
  8. Sligowomen
  9. slike
  10. sliked
  11. Sliker

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