"Kits" meaning in All languages combined

See Kits on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Clipping of Kitsilano. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Kits (uncountable)
  1. (informal) The Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (place): City nicknames, Places in Vancouver
    Sense id: en-Kits-en-name-0DCcRgZd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Vegetarians will think they've died and gone to heaven, especially in Kits, the former center of hippiedom.",
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          "ref": "2006, Tannis Zboroluk, Kitsilano Al Fresco, page 2",
          "text": "So often, as they'd stroll down the pathways and sidewalks in Kits, they'd remark on the essence of the neighbourhood, sighing, “only here”.",
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          "ref": "2014, Patrick Taylor, Now and in the Hour of Our Death: A Novel of the Irish Troubles, page 52",
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