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Jonestown
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English
Etymology
From en Jones town, after Reverend Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple.
Proper noun
A former settlement in northern Guyana founded by the Peoples Temple cult, and the site of an infamous mass murder-suicide in November 1978.
en informal The Jonestown massacre itself.
Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
Derived terms
en Jonestowner
Translations
a former settlement in Guyana; site of the 1978 mass murder / suicide
Latin: la Jonesopolis
Lithuanian: lt Džonstaunas
the Jonestown massacre itself
See also
en drink the Kool-Aid
Noun
Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.
Translations
a massacre, esp. with religious or cultic overtones
en eponyms
en Cities Guyana