Barrio

noun

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.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.

2.noun(in some Spanish-speaking countries) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.

3.noun(in the Philippines) A barangay.

4.nounAn area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.

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