Cabbagetown
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
"Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre."
- 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. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre."
Etymology
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.
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