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What does Jonestown mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Jonestown? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A former settlement in Guyana founded by the church-turned-cult Peoples Temple, the site of an infamous mass murder/suicide in 1978.
  2. (informal) The Jonestown massacre itself.
  3. Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
Noun
  1. Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.
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