Look up: shanty-town


  1. Shanty town
    A shanty town (also called a squatter settlement) is a slum settlement (sometimes illegal or unauthorized) of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap materials: often plywood, corrugated metal and sheets of plastic. Shanty towns, which are usually built on the periphery...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanty_town

  2. shanty town
    Click images to enlargeGroup of unplanned shelters constructed from cheap or waste materials (such as cardboard, wood, and cloth). Shanty towns are commonly located on the outskirts of cities in poor countries, or within large cities on derelict land or near rubbish tips. Land available for s...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0034865.html

  3. shantytown
    [n] - a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=shantytown

  4. shantytown
    noun a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shantytown

  5. shantytown
    (from the article `Zambia`) Controversy swirled in March when Mwanawasa announced that there would be a nationwide demolition of illegal shantytowns that had sprouted up around ... ...news that Zimbabwe had been reelected to the UN Human Rights Commission. They were angered too when on May 19 the go...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/76

  6. shantytown
    1) Slum 2) Slum area
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/shantytown/1

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