bidonville

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bidonville

/ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/
/ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/

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Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville

noun bidonvilles

A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions. With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.

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@misc{bidonville_2026,
  title = {bidonville},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bidonville},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}