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  hicksville

  noun

  a backward, provincial place; backwater.
• Hicksville
  Hicksville

  noun

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

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

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Hicksville

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 ● Oct. 28, 2025

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 ● Jun. 5, 2024

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 ● May 11, 2024

And it is from the Hicksville, New York library.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2023

Dear Old Mother: I was hoping I might get down to Hicksville before we sail, but guess I can’t.

From Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh