Meanings
- 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 - A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.
- alternativeAlternative form of Cabbage Town.
Origin
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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Cabbagetown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cabbagetown
“Cabbagetown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cabbagetown. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cabbagetown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cabbagetown.
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