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) Short for Kennedy Town.

Translations

Kennedy Town — see also Kennedy Town

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 堅城／坚城 (gin¹ sing⁴)

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 (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

• Fischtown