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shantytown

 
Dictionary: shan·ty·town   (shăn'tē-toun') pronunciation
n.
A town or a section of a town consisting chiefly of shacks.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forstad med blikskure, slumkvarter

Nederlands (Dutch)
krottenwijk

Français (French)
n. - bidonville

Deutsch (German)
n. - Elendsviertel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παραγκούπολη

Italiano (Italian)
baraccopoli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - favela (f)

Русский (Russian)
барачный поселок

Español (Spanish)
n. - barrio de chabolas, barrio de las latas, villa miseria

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kåkstad, slumkvarter

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
以临时搭盖的陋屋为主的地区

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 以臨時搭蓋的陋屋為主的地區

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 판자촌, 판잣집이 많은 도시, (도시의) 빈민굴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぼろ家地区, 貧民街, その住民

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدينه مؤلفه في ألاعم ألاغلب من أكواخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוורי-עוני, משכנות-עוני‬


 
 

 

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