no-go areanoun [ C ]
uk/ˌnəʊˈɡəʊ ˌeə.ri.ə/us/ˌnoʊˈɡoʊ ˌer.i.ə/informalan area, especially in a town, where it is very dangerous to go, usually because a group of people who have weapons prevent the police, army, and other people from entering
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- housing estate
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
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