as in jungle
a usually poor town or a part of a town where the people live in shanties
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Recent Examples of shantytown
When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
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Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The city will finally lose that shantytown look of rotting shacks.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
Elsewhere in the wasteland, Knight Titus and Squire Maximus are on a Vertibird en route to the shantytown of Filly.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
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Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Rescue workers have been searching for survivors amid the debris of shantytowns bowled over by 200 kph (124 mph) winds.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The city will finally lose that shantytown look of rotting shacks.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
Elsewhere in the wasteland, Knight Titus and Squire Maximus are on a Vertibird en route to the shantytown of Filly.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shantytown
Noun
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For a $10 ticket per rider, you are transported onto an indoor boat ride through an animatronic jungle.—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Without otters, urchin populations can explode, damaging the underwater jungles that provide food and shelter for countless creatures.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.—
Jill Langlois,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Four people living in the encampment including Bryant, along with two homelessness advocates, filed for a restraining order to stop the closure.—
Jenny Kane and Claire Rush,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The film features footage from Resurrection City, a temporary encampment set up on the National Mall in 1968 as part of the Poor People’s Campaign started by Martin Luther King Jr., where thousands lived for a period of weeks.—
Stephanie Rudig,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Shantytown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shantytown. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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