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"word": "Hooverville"
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"word": "slum"
},
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barri de barraques"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pénghùqū",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "棚户区"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "sloppenwijk"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kvartalaĉo"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "pilpaküla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "hökkelikylä"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "hökkelikaupunki"
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "bidonville"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Informelle Siedlung"
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "Elendsviertel"
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Slum"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paragkoúpoli",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
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"word": "παραγκούπολη"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "kofaþorp"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kuha papa kāinga"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "bairro de lata"
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "musseque"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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"word": "villa miseria"
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"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kenar mahalle"
},
{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "gecekondu mahallesi"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "gecekondu bölgesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "varoş"
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"word": "shantytown"
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"word": "Hooverville"
},
{
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks",
"word": "slum"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barri de barraques"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pénghùqū",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "棚户区"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "sloppenwijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kvartalaĉo"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "pilpaküla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "hökkelikylä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "hökkelikaupunki"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bidonville"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Informelle Siedlung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Marginalsiedlung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Barackenstadt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Elendsviertel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "Slum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paragkoúpoli",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παραγκούπολη"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kofaþorp"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baraccopoli"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kuha papa kāinga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "favela"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bairro de lata"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "musseque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "villa miseria"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kåkstad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "kenar mahalle"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "gecekondu mahallesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "gecekondu bölgesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "area containing a collection of shacks and shanties",
"word": "varoş"
}
],
"word": "shantytown"
}
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