bidonville — meaning in English
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English meaning
- shantytown noun An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
- slum noun A rundown, overcrowded urban area where residents live in poverty.
Senses
bidonville is used for these senses in English:
- shantytown An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
- skid row (derogatory) An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.
- slum (countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
slum — full definition
- noun A rundown, overcrowded urban area where residents live in poverty.
- verb To visit or spend time in a place seen as beneath one's usual social standing, often out of curiosity.