hicksville

¹ American  

[hiks-vil] / ˈhɪks vɪl /

noun

Slang.

1. a backward, provincial place; backwater.

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Hicksville ² American  

[hiks-vil] / ˈhɪks vɪl /

noun

1. a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.

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Etymology

Origin of hicksville

First recorded in 1910–15; hick + ’s ¹ + -ville

Example Sentences

My family first lived with my father’s parents in Brooklyn before moving to Long Island, N.Y., first to Hicksville then North Babylon and, when I was 5, to West Islip.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no suitable gym on site and it is a four-hour round trip by bus to the training facilities in Cantiague Park in Hicksville.

From BBC

A Chuck E. Cheese in Hicksville, N.Y., is one of hundreds of that will say goodbye to its animatronic band.

From New York Times

“Kids are consuming entertainment differently than they were 10, 20 years ago,” Mr. McKillips said sitting in a booth at the Chuck E. Cheese in Hicksville, N.Y., on Long Island.

From New York Times

And it is from the Hicksville, New York library.

From Scientific American