Jonestown
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Jonestown
Where it comes from
From 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.
- The Jonestown massacre itself.
- Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
noun Jonestowns
- Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.
Talk about this word "Jonestown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jonestown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jonestown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jonestown "Jonestown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jonestown.Cite this
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title = {Jonestown},
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