jonestown means A former settlement in northern Guyana founded by the Peoples Temple cult, and the site of an infamous mass murder-suicide in November 1978. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
name
- A former settlement in northern Guyana founded by the Peoples Temple cult, and the site of an infamous mass murder-suicide in November 1978.
- The Jonestown massacre itself.
- Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
noun
- Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.