noun
Street Slang
Backatown
· noun · nola
The back-of-town New Orleans neighborhoods, inland from the river toward North Claiborne.
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Definitions
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Old-school New Orleans geography. 'Back of town' = the inland, lake-side blocks behind the riverfront — historically the Black, working-class wards from Tremé inland. Trombone Shorty named an album after it. The opposite of Fronatown.
“He grew up backatown, walking distance from Tremé.”
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Backatown In A Sentence
He grew up backatown, walking distance from Tremé.
Origin & Usage
New Orleans is laid out by the river, not the compass. 'Front' = river-side, 'back' = lake-side. The contraction 'backatown' goes back generations and was popularized nationally by Trombone Shorty's 2010 album 'Backatown.'
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