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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bi•don•ville (Fr. bē dôn vēl′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -villes (Fr. -vēl′).USA pronunciation - Foreign Terms(esp. in France and North Africa) an impoverished shantytown on the outskirts of a city.
- Latin vīlla villa; metal cans are often used as building materials in such towns
- French, equivalent. to bidon metal drum, can (for oil, etc.) (earlier, five-pint wooden jug; of uncertain origin, originally) + -ville, combining form, in placenames, of ville city
- 1950–55
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