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Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown proper noun: a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses. Also the alternative form of Cabbage Town.

Proper noun

Cabbagetown

  1. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
    • Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre.2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 11
  2. A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.

Also used as

Cabbagetown is also the alternative form of Cabbage Town.

Origin of Cabbagetown

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.

Questions about Cabbagetown

What does Cabbagetown mean?
Cabbagetown means a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
What part of speech is Cabbagetown?
Cabbagetown is a proper noun.

Words near Cabbagetown in the dictionary

  1. cabbagehead
  2. cabbageheads
  3. cabbageless
  4. cabbagelike
  5. cabbages
  6. Cabbagetown
  7. cabbagewood
  8. cabbageworm
  9. cabbageworms
  10. cabbagey
  11. cabbagier

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