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SHANTYTOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shantytown mean?
• SHANTYTOWN (noun)
The noun SHANTYTOWN has 1 sense:
1. a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
Familiarity information: SHANTYTOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("shantytown" is a kind of...):
slum; slum area (a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions)
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