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单词 nowhereville
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Nowherevillen.

Brit. /ˈnəʊwɛːvɪl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊ(h)wɛrˌvɪl/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nowhere adv., -ville comb. form.
Etymology: < nowhere adv. + -ville comb. form.
colloquial and humorous (originally and chiefly U.S.).
= Nowheresville n.
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1880 Churchman 28 Aug. 229/2 The case is plain enough that St. Lazarus, Nowhereville, is vacant. It has been very generally published.
1883 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Herald 21 Oct. 4/4 You've got to wait in nowhereville, Three weary tiresome hours.
1911 N.Y. Times 22 June 17/1 (advt.) Oakland..is not a barren tract of land way out in Nowhereville.
1958 G. De Mare Ruling Passion i. vii. 44Nowhereville!’ the big burly man was yelling, as Mel stepped into the large, light modern office. ‘Nowhereville—that's where you are!’
1984 A. D. Foster Last Starfighter 3 The trailer park was a self-contained little community located on the outskirts of Nowhereville, California.
2000 Observer 23 Jan. d5 The Guggenheim turned Bilbao from nowhere-ville to top-notch tourist destination.
2011 B. Hayes One Percenter Encycl. iv. 108/2 Each night, we rode two-up to the nearest and only bar in Nowhereville to shoot some pool and drink beer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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