# Hooverville

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century.

## Etymology
From Hoover + -ville, named after Herbert Hoover.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hooverville