K-Town

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English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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K-Town

  1. (originally US military slang) Kaiserslautern
  2. (slang) Katoomba

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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K-Town

  1. (Hong Kong, informal) Short for Kennedy Town.
Translations
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German

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Etymology

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American English K-Town, originally US military slang, Kaiserslautern being close to the Ramstein Air Base.

Proper noun

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K-Town n (proper noun, genitive K-Towns or (optionally with an article) K-Town)

  1. (colloquial) Kaiserslautern
    • 1990, Reinhard Mey (lyrics and music), “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)

See also

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