English

Proper noun

Jonestown

1. A former settlement in Guyana founded by the church-turned-cult Peoples Temple, the site of an infamous mass murder/suicide in 1978.
2. A nickname for the Jonestown massacre itself.
3. Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.

Derived terms

• Jonestowner

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See also

• drink the Kool-Aid

Noun

Jonestown ‎(plural Jonestowns)

1. Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.

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