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An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slum, slum area
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
barri de barraques
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Chinese Mandarin:
棚戶區 /棚户区
(pénghùqū)
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Dutch:
sloppenwijk
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Esperanto:
kvartalaĉo
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Estonian:
pilpaküla
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Finnish:
hökkelikylä
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Finnish:
hökkelikaupunki
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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French:
bidonville
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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German:
Informelle Siedlung
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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German:
Marginalsiedlung
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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German:
Barackenstadt
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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German:
Elendsviertel
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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German:
Slum
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Greek:
παραγκούπολη
(paragkoúpoli)
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Icelandic:
kofaþorp
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Italian:
baraccopoli
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Māori:
kuha papa kāinga
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Portuguese:
favela
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Portuguese:
bairro de lata
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Portuguese:
musseque
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Spanish:
villa miseria
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Swedish:
kåkstad
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Turkish:
kenar mahalle
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Turkish:
gecekondu mahallesi
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Turkish:
gecekondu bölgesi
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
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Turkish:
varoş
— area containing a collection of shacks and shanties