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Shantytown

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

Equivalents

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Examples

“The forest gave way to shantytowns that stitched themselves into waves of blue-tented internally displaced camps and then stone dwellings hundreds of years old.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Shantytowns Shantz Shanwei Shanxi Shanyang shanyavskite

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