Meanings
nowheresville1
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Nowheresville.
FOR the 45 years since its inception, Port St. Lucie has often been seen as something of a Florida nowheresville, a suburban city idling between the more attention-worthy municipalities of South Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach) and the tourist magnet of Orlando.
2007 February 16, Charles Passy, “Sun, Water and the Mets Put a ‘Nowhere’ on the Map”, in New York Times
Nowheresville2
plural Nowheresvilles
- derogatoryhumorousslangA geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant.
Synonyms: Bumfuck, Nowhere, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant.
Origin
- Englishnowhere
- Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
- Proto-Italic*weikslā
- Latinvīlla
- Old Frenchville
- Middle Frenchville
- Frenchville
- EnglishNowheresville
Translations
French Trifouilly-les-Oies, Perpète-les-Oies
- Trifouilly-les-Oiesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Perpète-les-Oiesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Perpète-la-Galettea geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Perpète-les-Alouettesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Perpète-les-Andouillettesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Perpète-les-Bainsa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Trifouillis-les-Chaussettesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Trifouillis-les-Oiesa geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
- Pétaouchnoka geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Norwegian Gokk
- Gokka geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Polish zadupie
- zadupiea geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Russian Урюпинск
- Урюпинск (Urjupinsk)a geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Scottish Gaelic Lùb a' Gheòidh
- Lùb a' Gheòidha geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Swedish Tjotahejti
- Tjotahejtia geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant
Cite this entry
nowheresville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowheresville
“nowheresville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowheresville. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nowheresville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowheresville.
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