Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ville
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comb. form colloq. forming the names of fictitious places with ref. to a particular quality etc. (dragsville; squaresville). Etymology: F ville town, as in many US town-names ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ suffix old-fashioned slang, especially AmE dullsville/squaresville etc a place or thing that is dull etc (This party is really dullsville.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
3.
- suffix sporadically in vogue since c.1840 (cf. dullsville, palookaville), abstracted from the -ville in place names (Louisville, Greenville, etc.), from O.Fr. ville "town," from L. villa (see villa). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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