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Meanings of shanty town in English
Russian
ложная урбанизация Spanish
barrio urbano marginal 
Settlement on the outskirts of a city, often built without authorization, where poor people live in improvised dwellings made from carton, wood or corrugated metal.
See moreUsage of shanty town in English
1
Darling, the first person narrator lives in a shanty town called Paradise.
2
Judging from a shanty town in Durban, South Africa: yes, and definitely not.
3
Their meals were brought by silent, cowering drudges from the nearby shanty town.
4
We conducted a survey in a shanty town in Nairobi, Kenya.
5
Intermingled with this is a shanty town which would make your stomach churn.
6
Because it's not nice to be in a shanty town.
7
It was more like a shanty town, an urban slum.
8
Even at night in the poorly lit shanty town, he is instantly recognised by everyone.
9
Suddenly, everyone in the shanty town knows it's them.
10
The three rivercraft sailed on slowly, leaving behind the shanty town and its torpid inhabitants.
11
She noticed a shanty town out on the salt-flats.
12
In the same year, there are reports of an Irish shanty town in the East End.
13
He searched among the shanty town for any sign of the stone blocks but saw none.
14
About 200 people live in the shanty town.
15
They had settled there last April and already a small shanty town had started to be formed.
16
They were scarecrows in a shanty town.