Meanings
- A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.
The city of Placerville, California, also known as Hangtown, is losing the noose on its logo. […] After an impromptu citizens’ jury agreed to hang a man accused of a crime, the town became known as Hangtown. It took on the name Placerville in 1854.
2021 April 14, Rachel Trent, “City known as Hangtown votes to remove noose from its logo”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022Synonyms: Hangtown
- A small city and former mining town in Boise County, Idaho, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.
Origin
- Englishplacer
- Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
- Proto-Italic*weikslā
- Latinvīlla
- Old Frenchville
- Middle Frenchville
- Frenchville
- EnglishPlacerville
Cite this entry
Placerville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placerville
“Placerville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placerville. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Placerville,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placerville.
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