Related Words for slums

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Word	Syllables	Categories
poor	/	Noun
ghettos	/x	Noun
favelas	x/x	Noun
barrios	x/x	Noun
squalor	/x	Noun
hovels	/x	Noun
neighborhoods	/xx	Noun
metropolis	x/xx	Noun
shanties	/x	Noun
urban	/x	Name, Adjective
alleys	/x	Noun
shacks	/	Noun
destitute	/xx	Noun
streets	/	Noun
villages	/xx	Noun
suburbs	/x	Noun
beggars	/x	Noun
alleyways	/xx	Noun
hinterland	/xx	Noun
squatters	/x	Noun
poverty	/xx	Noun
countryside	/xx	Noun
tenements	/xx	Noun
metropolises	x/xxx	Noun
outskirts	/x	Noun
riverbanks	/xx	Noun
enclaves	/x	Noun
latrines	x/	Noun
sanitation	xx/x	Noun
underclass	/xx	Noun
hostels	/x	Noun
city	/x	Noun
filth	/	Noun
hamlets	/x	Noun
jungles	/x	Noun
encampments	x/x	Noun
landless	/x	Noun
playgrounds	/x	Noun
sewers	/x	Noun
garrisons	/xx	Noun
wastelands	/x	Noun
pavements	/x	Noun
campos	/x	Name
fatherless	/xx	Noun
destitution	/xxx	Noun
estates	x/	Noun
gangsters	/x	Noun
wards	/	Noun
gangs	/	Noun
rubbish dump	/x/	Phrase, Noun
environs	x/x	Noun
huts	/	Noun
peripheries	x/xx	Noun
bungalows	/xx	Noun
orphanage	/xx	Noun
urban renewal	/xx/x	Name, Name
canals	x/	Noun
ghats	/	Noun
hillsides	/x	Noun
galli	/x	Noun
pauperism	/xxx	Noun
ravines	x/	Noun
cityscape	/xx	Noun
boroughs	/x	Noun
urbanization	xxx/x	Noun
adda	/x	Name
inequalities	xx/xx	Noun
peasants	/x	Noun
conant	/x	Name
whitechapel	//x	Name
sweatshops	/x	Noun
festering	/xx	Verb, Adjective
blight	/	Noun
squalid	/x	Adjective
overcrowded	/xxx	Adjective, Verb
mushrooming	/xx	Noun, Verb
dockside	/x	Adjective
could	/	Verb
zigzag	/x	Noun
fetid	/x	Adjective
raze	/	Verb
teeming	/x	Verb
denizens	/xx	Noun
sprawling	/x	Verb
progressives	x/x	Noun
unsanitary	x/xxx	Adjective
congested	x/x	Adjective
dhaka	/x	Name
mumbai	x/	Name
demolishing	x/xx	Verb
kobe	/x	Name
vilest	/x	Adjective
backwaters	/xx	Noun
kingston	/x	Name
crowded	/x	Adjective, Verb
nairobi	x/x	Name
lambeth	/x	Name
soho	/x	Name
stinking	/x	Adjective
skyscrapers	/xx	Noun
demolition	xx/x	Noun
harlem	/x	Name
dirtiest	/xx	Adjective
brothels	/x	Noun
reeking	/x	Verb
dwellers	/x	Noun
calcutta	x/x	Name
clearing	/x	Verb
unsightly	x/x	Adjective
filthy	/x	Adjective
gutters	/x	Noun
glasgow	/x	Name
worst	/	Adjective
settlements	/xx	Noun
caracas	x/x	Name
lima	/x	Name
rio	/x	Name
bangkok	x/	Name
degenerated	x/xxx	Verb
bangalore	/xx	Name
smog	/	Noun
hybrid	/x	Noun
karachi	x/x	Name
eradicating	x/xxx	Verb
clearance	/x	Noun
appalling	x/x	Adjective
decaying	x/x	Verb
redevelopment	xx/xx	Noun
dives	/	Noun
johannesburg	x/xx	Name
mansions	/x	Noun
congregated	/xxx	Verb
neapolitan	xx/xx	Adjective
liverpool	/xx	Name
badlands	/x	Noun
counties	/x	Noun
dens	/	Noun
districts	/x	Noun
dregs	/	Noun
freeways	/x	Noun
municipalities	xxx/xx	Noun
parishes	/xx	Noun
shallows	/x	Noun
townships	/x	Noun
workhouses	/xx	Noun