Jonestown

American  

[johnz-toun] / ˈdʒoʊnzˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a former settlement in northern Guyana, northwest of Georgetown: an agricultural commune of an American religious cult called the Peoples Temple, infamous as the site of a mass suicide and murder in 1978.

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Jonestown

WallyGator is a working emotional support alligator owned by Joie Henney, of Jonestown, Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Think Anton Newcombe, the Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman and truculent protagonist of “Dig!” or Josh Harris, the dot-com futurist profiled in “We Live in Public.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Ryan was investigating complaints his office received about conditions at the jungle settlement established by Jones and his followers, known as Jonestown.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

He wrote at least six articles related to Jonestown and Jim Jones, the cult leader.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Then there were the Tracys, who ran—and still run—a queer little ferry at Jonestown, “according to seasons.”

From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind