"shantytown" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shantytowns [plural]
Etymology: From shanty + town. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shanty|town}} shanty + town Head templates: {{en-noun}} shantytown (plural shantytowns)
  1. An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings. Synonyms: shanty town Synonyms (area containing a collection of shacks): Hooverville, slum Translations (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties): barri de barraques [masculine] (Catalan), 棚戶區 /棚户区 (pénghùqū) (Chinese Mandarin), sloppenwijk (Dutch), kvartalaĉo (Esperanto), pilpaküla (Estonian), hökkelikylä (Finnish), hökkelikaupunki (Finnish), bidonville [feminine] (French), Informelle Siedlung (German), Marginalsiedlung (German), Barackenstadt (German), Elendsviertel (German), Slum (German), παραγκούπολη (paragkoúpoli) [feminine] (Greek), kofaþorp [neuter] (Icelandic), baraccopoli [feminine] (Italian), kuha papa kāinga (Maori), favela [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), bairro de lata [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), musseque [Angola, masculine] (Portuguese), villa miseria [feminine] (Spanish), kåkstad [common-gender] (Swedish), kenar mahalle (Turkish), gecekondu mahallesi (Turkish), gecekondu bölgesi (Turkish), varoş (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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