bidonville
/ˈbɪd(ə)nvɪl
/noun
A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.Others live in shantytowns, or bidonvilles, which are often bulldozed into oblivion by the town councils while the occupants are at a local feast....
- 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'.