Winesburg
English
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Etymology
[edit]Originally named Weinsberg in 1829, after the town in Germany. It was renamed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there.
The fictional town came from the name of the actual Ohio town.
Proper noun
[edit]Winesburg
- An unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
- (fiction) The town, named after the Holmes County town of the same name, but otherwise based on Clyde, Ohio, that serves as the setting of the novel Winesburg, Ohio.