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cabbagetown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
cab-bage-town
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.

name

A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.

name

Alternative form of Cabbage Town.

Example Sentences

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.

Frequently Paired Words

Cowtown Hogtown

Questions

What does cabbagetown mean?
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
Where does cabbagetown come from?
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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