shanty town
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shanty town
noun shanty towns · shantytown
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An urban settlement composed predominantly of self-built, low-quality dwellings, often occupied by low-income households lacking secure land tenure.
The navvies of the Midland Railway toiled for years to build it, enduring grim conditions in shanty towns that were built miles from civilisation. But build it they did, to form part of the Midland's main line between London St Pancras and Carlisle via Sheffield and Leeds from 1876.
Similar: Hooverville, slum
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noun area containing a collection of shacks and shanties
| Español | villa miseria |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 棚戶區 /棚户区 pénghùqū |
| Português | favela, bairro de lata, musseque |
| Français | bidonville |
| Deutsch | Informelle Siedlung, Marginalsiedlung, Barackenstadt, Elendsviertel, Slum |
| Italiano | baraccopoli |
| Ελληνικά | παραγκούπολη paragkoúpoli |
| Русский | трущоба truščoba, посёлок лачуг posjólok lačug |
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