K-Town

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

K-Town

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

K-Town

  1. (Hong Kong, informal) Abbreviation of Kennedy Town.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Kilgore + city, reflecting local Texan pronunciation patterns.

Proper noun

K-Town

  1. (Texas, informal) Kilgore (city in Gregg County, Texas, USA).
    • 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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