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Definition of barrio
barrios
1 : a ward, quarter, or district of a city or town in a Spanish-speaking country
2 : a Spanish-speaking quarter or neighborhood in a city or town in the U.S. especially in the Southwest
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The package also includes a one-night stay at the Singular Hotel Santiago in Santiago's vibrant Lastarria barrio.
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Barrios recorded three assists last week to lead Dallas to a 6-2 win over Real Salt Lake.
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Yet no group has been tested quite like Venezuela’s classical musicians, who for years have been drawn from the country’s working-class barrios.
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That’s because this filmic triptych set in the impoverished, drug-dependent barrios of Puerto Rico eschews emotional dimension for visceral actions and thematic wallops.
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Oceanside High is a school hard by a barrio that’s known as gang territory.
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In the home at El barrio de Jesus María, Diandro’s Aunt Elena Rodriguez, her son Fabio and her spouse Eduardo Torres live downstairs.
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So in the wake of S.B.1070, Puente adopted a new organizing strategy, setting up neighborhood defense committees, or comités del barrio, throughout Maricopa County.
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Barrios, 51, of Derby, works for a septic system cleaning and maintenance company.
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Origin and Etymology of barrio
Spanish, from Arabic barrī of the open country, from barr outside, open country
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