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Hooverville

noun

Definition of Hoovervillenext
as in shantytown

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Recent Examples of Hooverville Our lead, Joe Rance (Callum Turner), trudges to campus from a Hooverville; later, the coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton), pokes around his crew’s lockers to count the holes in their shoes. — Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hooverville
  1. shantytown
  2. jungle
  3. encampment
  4. favela
Noun
  • Deep Cut, the ragtag band from previous Splatoon titles, has cobbled together a shantytown at sea, which serves as homebase.
    — Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As the family moved through the shantytown’s narrow streets, gunfire erupted.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Definition of shantytown
Noun
  • Stepping into her own The jungle-goddess costume was the work of designers Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of being alone, celebrities will have to survive the jungle with a civilian friend or family member.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of jungle
Noun
  • No known encampments were recorded in downtown Pittsburgh at the end of August.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Most of them have returned to Morocco, but many remain in the enclave, with some living in tent encampments on the beach.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of encampment
Noun
  • The film will adapt one of the most powerful segments of the play, addressing the real case of Eduardo de Jesus Ferreira, a ten-year-old boy killed on April 2, 2015, in the Complexo do Alemão favela in Rio de Janeiro.
    — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There's also the time he got lost in a favela in Brazil with a carful of German fans.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Definition of favela

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