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बस्ती — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • settlement noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
  • slum noun A rundown, overcrowded urban area where residents live in poverty.

Senses

बस्ती is used for these senses in English:

settlement — full definition

  1. noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
  2. noun A community of people who have established themselves in a new or previously unoccupied area.

slum — full definition

  1. noun A rundown, overcrowded urban area where residents live in poverty.
  2. verb To visit or spend time in a place seen as beneath one's usual social standing, often out of curiosity.

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