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K-Town
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English
Etymology 1
From the first letter of en Kaiserslautern + en town.
Proper noun
K-Town
en originally US _ military slang en @nickname for:Kaiserslautern independent town s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany.
Etymology 2
From the first letter of en Katoomba + en town.
Proper noun
K-Town
en slang en @nickname for:Katoomba town in the City of Blue Mountains, s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Etymology 3
en Kennedy Town.
Proper noun
K-Town
en Hong Kong informal en @abbreviation of:Kennedy Town area district/Central and Western sar/Hong Kong.
en 1 October 2009 Take a Trip Down K-Town w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20260411213226/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2029767/take-trip-down-k-town https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2029767/take-trip-down-k-town April 11, 2026 1563-9371 648902513 Magazines K-Town regulars frequent the place, milling about the dark interior and comfy sofa lounge upstairs, complete with a balcony for checking out the sea view.
Translations
abbreviation of Kennedy Town Kennedy Town
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 堅城
Etymology 4
From the first letter of en Kilgore + en town.
Proper noun
K-Town
en Texas informal en @nickname for:City of Kilgore city c/Texas c/USA.
en 2019 East Texas Slang Dictionary https://easttexashistory.org/slang East Texas Historical Society "Meet me in K-Town" means heading to Kilgore
en 2021 Texas Twang Oil Patch Road Cruisin' down to K-Town where the derricks meet the sky
Etymology 5
en Koreatown.
Proper noun
K-Town
A nickname for any Koreatown.
en Nicknames for cities
German
Etymology
de en-US K-Town, originally US military slang, Kaiserslautern being close to the Ramstein Air Base.
Proper noun
toponym K-Town
de colloquial Kaiserslautern
de 1990 Alle Soldaten woll'n nach Haus' w:Reinhard Mey In K-Town, tief in Western-Germany, / Zwischen Automarkt und Straßenstrich, in der Prärie
See also
de Fischtown
de Nicknames Nicknames for cities