barriada

American

[bahr-ee-ah-duh, bar-, bahr-ryah-thah] / ˌbɑr iˈɑ də, ˌbær-, bɑrˈrjɑ ðɑ /

noun

a shantytown section on the outskirts of a large city in Latin America.

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Noun Inflected Forms

barriadas

plural

Etymology

Origin of barriada

First recorded in 1955–60; from Latin American Spanish (Peru), where the term was first applied to such settlements in Lima; from Spanish: literally, “district, quarter,” equivalent to barri(o) + -ada; see origin at barrio, -ade ¹

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If no one protects these investments, the man in the barriada and the favela is the one most to suffer.

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