Hoovervilles

noun

plural of Hooverville
as in shantytowns

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  1. shantytowns
  2. jungles
  3. encampments
Noun
  • In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of shantytowns
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  • Popular treks include summit Mount Kinabalu, a 4,095-meter (13,435-foot) mountain in Borneo, or week-long treks in the jungles of Gunung Tahan, home to the highest point in pensinular Malaysia, the 2,187-meter (7,175-foot) Mount Tahan.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the Korean Peninsula, the Army is focusing more on motorized units that can operate on islands, in jungles, along coasts, and in maritime settings.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Definition of jungles
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  • The city has stated that Randolph and other major encampments will eventually close, and Finke is concerned this is all happening without a plan to get people into stable housing.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Going to encampments with different non-profits and doing outreach was like a stepping stone to rewriting the script.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of encampments
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