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- Korean · calque of기지촌(基地村)
- English todaycamptown
Compound of camp + town, calque of Korean 기지촌(基地村) (gijichon).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
camptown
Today it means: A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution. Full definition →
Korean 기지촌(基地村)