Shantytown

Word SHANTYTOWN
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Definitions and meanings of "Shantytown"

What do we mean by shantytown?

A town or a section of a town consisting chiefly of shacks. noun

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

A city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties noun

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

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The word "shantytown" in example sentences

For someone like Jakes, everyone from a beleaguered president in the White House to a malnourished Kenyan boy in a shantytown is tugging at his cuffs. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Carlos Ezquival Acme Street Artist Museu de Favela is trying to turn the shantytown, which is home to more than 20,000 people, into a popular destination. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The size of this "shantytown" should be viewed not as a symbol of USAS's difficulties but as proof that college students remain as ideologically diverse as ever and that most students are not easily swayed by the rhetoric of this latest student-activism fad. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As a Yale student, I can assure you that this "shantytown" was nothing more than a three-man tent and a card table. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"shantytown" has formed under a bridge linking Miami to Miami Beach because various laws prohibit sexual offenders from living within 2500 feet of various things, and the bridge is the only piece of property in the county that lies outside the 2500 foot radius. ❋ Various Libertarian Bloggers (2010)

At his next stop in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Obama will deliver formal remarks to the Brazilian people and visit a shantytown, or "favela" in the city. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Police raiding a favela, or shantytown, in Rio on Jan. 11 confiscated crack rocks in packaging emblazoned with the face of Ronaldinho, one of Brazil's most prominent stars. ❋ John Lyons (2012)

Laroui lived with her parents and her two small children in a shantytown. ❋ Rachel Newcomb (2011)

In Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Obama will deliver formal remarks to the Brazilian people and visit a shantytown, or "favela" in the city to further his theme of the importance of social inclusion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A “shantytown” has formed under a bridge linking Miami to Miami Beach because various laws prohibit sexual offenders from living within 2500 feet of various things, and the bridge is the only piece of property in the county that lies outside the 2500 foot radius. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"If any storm comes, we meet our demise," said Renel Joseph, a 57-year-old resident of Cite Soleil, a seaside shantytown of Haiti's capital. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If we had cultural centers in each shantytown, imagine what we could do. ❋ Beverly Bell (2011)

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