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shantytown in Finnish

shantytown in Finnish is hökkelikaupunki, hökkelikylä — shantytown means a district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.

shantytown in Finnish

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

What does "shantytown" mean?

  1. noun A district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.
    "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."
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shantytown in a sentence

  • 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.

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What is "shantytown" in Finnish?
"shantytown" in Finnish is hökkelikaupunki, hökkelikylä. shantytown means: A district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.
Are there other ways to say "shantytown" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 2 translations listed for "shantytown": hökkelikaupunki, hökkelikylä.
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