Definition of bidonville in English:

bidonville

nounˈbɪd(ə)nvɪlbiˈdôNˌvēl

A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.
Example sentencesExamples
- Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast.
- The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites.
- Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital.
- A 1989 census found that 23 percent of the urban population lives in precarious and illegally built shacks in bidonvilles, or in somewhat better but substandard housing built without permit on unserviced land.
- The site is next to the usually dry wadi which runs through the bidonville and hence it was available for development.

Origin

1950s: from French, from bidon 'container for liquids' + ville 'town'.

Definition of bidonville in US English:

bidonville

nounbiˈdôNˌvēl

A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.
Example sentencesExamples
- Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast.
- The site is next to the usually dry wadi which runs through the bidonville and hence it was available for development.
- A 1989 census found that 23 percent of the urban population lives in precarious and illegally built shacks in bidonvilles, or in somewhat better but substandard housing built without permit on unserviced land.
- Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital.
- The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites.

Origin

1950s: from French, from bidon ‘container for liquids’ + ville ‘town’.

单词	bidonville
释义	Definition of bidonville in English: bidonville nounˈbɪd(ə)nvɪlbiˈdôNˌvēl A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city. Example sentencesExamples Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast. The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites. Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital. A 1989 census found that 23 percent of the urban population lives in precarious and illegally built shacks in bidonvilles, or in somewhat better but substandard housing built without permit on unserviced land. The site is next to the usually dry wadi which runs through the bidonville and hence it was available for development. Origin 1950s: from French, from bidon 'container for liquids' + ville 'town'. Definition of bidonville in US English: bidonville nounbiˈdôNˌvēl A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city. Example sentencesExamples Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast. The site is next to the usually dry wadi which runs through the bidonville and hence it was available for development. A 1989 census found that 23 percent of the urban population lives in precarious and illegally built shacks in bidonvilles, or in somewhat better but substandard housing built without permit on unserviced land. Meanwhile, an estimated 20,000 poor and unemployed citizens live in slums or bidonvilles on the outskirts of the capital. The people of the bidonvilles are entirely cut off from the elites. Origin 1950s: from French, from bidon ‘container for liquids’ + ville ‘town’.
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