shantytown
noun
shan·ty·town
ˈshan-tē-ˌtau̇n 
: a usually poor town or section of a town consisting mostly of shanties
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Elsewhere in the wasteland, Knight Titus and Squire Maximus are on a Vertibird en route to the shantytown of Filly.
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Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2005, Mugabe targeted the mass of disaffected Zimbabweans living in slums and shantytowns on the fringes of urban centers, strongholds of the MDC.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Alessandro Da Fonseca was an amiable guy in his twenties who’d recently emigrated from a shantytown district of Rio de Janeiro.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The demonstration lasted six weeks, with some participants setting up a shantytown known as Resurrection City.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
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Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2005, Mugabe targeted the mass of disaffected Zimbabweans living in slums and shantytowns on the fringes of urban centers, strongholds of the MDC.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Alessandro Da Fonseca was an amiable guy in his twenties who’d recently emigrated from a shantytown district of Rio de Janeiro.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
The demonstration lasted six weeks, with some participants setting up a shantytown known as Resurrection City.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
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“Shantytown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shantytown. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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shantytown
noun
shan·ty·town
-ˌtau̇n
: a usually poor town or section of a town made up mostly of shanties
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