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Meaning of Shantytown | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية مدينة الأكواخ
Bosanski favela varoš
Deutsch Barackenstadt Elendsviertel Informelle Siedlung Marginalsiedlung Slum
Ελληνικά παραγκούπολη
Español villa miseria
Suomi hökkelikaupunki hökkelikylä
Français bidonville
Hrvatski favela varoš
Íslenska kofaþorp
Italiano baraccopoli
Kurdî varoş
Nederlands sloppenwijk
Português bairro de lata favela musseque
Српски favela varoš
Svenska kåkstad
Türkçe varoş

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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