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camptown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
camp-town
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.

Etymology

Compound of camp + town, calque of Korean 기지촌(基地村) (gijichon).

Inflected Forms

camptowns (plural)

Synonyms

gijichon

Questions

What does camptown mean?
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
Where does camptown come from?
Compound of camp + town, calque of Korean 기지촌(基地村) (gijichon).

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