Meanings
proper noun
- 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
Named after Howe Browne, Marquess of Sligo and Governor of Jamaica, in 1834, the year that freedom came to the enslaved people of Jamaica.
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APA
Sligoville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sligoville
MLA
“Sligoville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sligoville. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sligoville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sligoville.
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