K-Town
English
Etymology 1
From the first letter of Kaiserslautern + town.
Proper noun
- (originally US military slang) Nickname for Kaiserslautern: an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Etymology 2
From the first letter of Katoomba + town.
Proper noun
- (slang) Nickname for Katoomba: a town in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of Kennedy Town.
Proper noun
- (Hong Kong, informal) Abbreviation of Kennedy Town: an area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Translations
abbreviation of Kennedy Town — see also Kennedy Town
Etymology 4
From the first letter of Kilgore + town.
Proper noun
- (Texas, informal) Nickname for the City of Kilgore: a city in Texas, United States.
- 2019, “East Texas Slang Dictionary”, in East Texas Historical Society[1]:
- "Meet me in K-Town" means heading to Kilgore
- 2021, “Oil Patch Road”, performed by Texas Twang:
- Cruisin' down to K-Town where the derricks meet the sky
German
Etymology
American English K-Town, originally US military slang, Kaiserslautern being close to the Ramstein Air Base.
Proper noun
K-Town n (proper noun, genitive K-Towns or (optionally with an article) K-Town)
- (colloquial) Kaiserslautern
- 1990, Reinhard Mey, “Alle Soldaten woll'n nach Haus'”:
- In K-Town, tief in Western-Germany, / Zwischen Automarkt und Straßenstrich, in der Prärie
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)