shantytown
pronunciation
How to pronounce shantytown in British English:
UK ['ʃæntɪtaʊn]
How to pronounce shantytown in American English:
US ['ʃæntɪˌtaʊn]
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- Noun:
- a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
Word Origin
- shantytown (n.)
- also shanty town, 1836, from shanty (n.1) + town.
Example
- 1. Sao paulo , brazil : residents carry their belongings from the remains of burned-out homes at diogo pires shantytown
- 2. 5 / 14 Sao paulo , brazil : a resident attempts to save his belongings amid rubble during an eviction at the capao redondo shantytown
- 3. Sao paulo , brazil : firefighters put out the flames on homes in the diogo pires shantytown , which is home to about 300 families , after a raging fire broke out
- 4. The first project of which he took charge was one that no one else wanted : a shantytown redevelopment in dalian , north-east china .
- 5. Shantytown : the u.n. high commissioner for refugees estimates that 1.5 million somalis , a sixth of the population , are now internally displaced .