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Mayhem Parva

name

Etymology

Coined by Colin Watson with reference to the works of Agatha Christie. Compare place names such as Glen Parva, Ashby Parva, etc. "Parva" was derived from Latin parvus (“small, insignificant”), so the name can literally mean "little chaos".

  1. derived from parvus — “small, insignificant”

Definitions

  1. The archetypical sleepy English village that is the setting for many works of detective…

    The archetypical sleepy English village that is the setting for many works of detective fiction.

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