Hooverville

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Hooverville

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From Hoover + -ville, named after Herbert Hoover.

noun Hoovervilles

historical Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century.

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@misc{hooverville_2026,
  title = {Hooverville},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hooverville},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}