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barrio - What does it mean?

Definition of 'barrio'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.
  • (in some Spanish-speaking countries) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.
  • (in the Phillippines) A barangay.
  • * 2008 , Resil B. Mojares, Beast in the Fields'', GĂ©mino H. Abad (editor), ''Upon Our Own Ground: Filipino short stories in English: 1956 to 1972 , page 413,
  • In the barrio', they talked excitedly about the wood-gatherer's discovery. There was so much pushing and quibbling over details that by the time the ' barrio had organized itself to set out for Salug to investigate, dusk had already fallen.
  • (informal|US) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
  • * 1993 , Diego Vigil, The Established Gang'', Scott Cummings, Daniel J. Monti (editors), ''Gangs: The Origins and Impact of Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States , page 98,
  • After World War II, its prospering working-class white residents moved to other, more upscale suburban developments, and by the 1950s the area had become an isolated ethnic enclave with its own barrio gang.
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    Similar to 'barrio'

    burro, buroo