C2 noun #97,208 most common

(in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.

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  • (noun) (in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.
  • (noun) (in some Spanish-speaking countries) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.
  • (noun) (in the Philippines) A barangay.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun (in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.
  2. 2
    noun (in some Spanish-speaking countries) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.
  3. 3
    noun (in the Philippines) A barangay.
  4. 4
    noun An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
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