K-Town

English

Etymology 1

From the first letter of Kaiserslautern + town.

Proper noun

K-Town

  1. (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

K-Town

  1. (slang) Nickname for Katoomba: a town in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Kennedy Town.

Proper noun

K-Town

  1. (Hong Kong, informal) Abbreviation of Kennedy Town: an area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Translations

Etymology 4

From the first letter of Kilgore + town.

Proper noun

K-Town

  1. (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)

  1. (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)

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