Cabbagetown

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See also: Cabbage Town

English

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Etymology

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From cabbage +‎ town.

  • (Toronto): From the 19th-century, when mid-century immigrants from Ireland and the Balkans started growing cabbages in their front yards.
  • (Atlanta): From the post-Reconstruction Era, when late-19th-century Appalachian newcomers of Scots-Irish descent moved in, and started growing cabbages in their front yards.

Proper noun

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Cabbagetown

  1. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
  2. A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.
  3. Alternative form of Cabbage Town
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