-VILLE


Meaning of -VILLE in English

-ville /vɪl/ BrE AmE suffix

[ Language: French ; Origin: ville ; ⇨ ↑ village ]

1 . used in the names of places, especially in the US, to mean city or town:

Jacksonville, Florida

2 . informal used humorously with adjectives or nouns followed by ‘s’ to show that a person, place, or thing has a particular quality:

Her party was really dullsville.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.