a suburb consisting of shanties, spec. a poor or depressed area of a city or town.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > shanty town (6) shanty town1876 a suburb consisting of shanties, spec. a poor or depressed area of a city or town. Hooverville1933 A temporary shanty town. bidonville1955 a shanty-town built of oil drums or petrol tins. favela1961 In Brazil, a shack, shanty; a slum: usually in plural favelas, a collection of improvised huts, a shanty town. pueblo joven1969 In Peru: a shanty town on the outskirts of a city. kasi1988 An urban or peri-urban area or neighbourhood occupied predominantly by black South Africans and formerly officially designated as a black area by… |
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