Cabbagetown

See also: Cabbage Town

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Cabbagetown

1. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
   • 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 11:

     Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre.

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

Related terms

• Cowtown
• Hogtown