Barrios
[ bahr-ryaws ]
/ ˈbɑr rüɔs /
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noun
Jus·to Ru·fi·no [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/, 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
RELATED WORDS
sector, region, part, place, point, downtown, slum, ghetto, province, division, direction, position, zone, district, locality, bearing, section, spot, domain, zoo
barrio
[ bahr-ee-oh, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryaw ]
/ ˈbɑr iˌoʊ, ˈbær-; Spanish ˈbɑr ryɔ /
noun, plural bar·ri·os [bahr-ee-ohz, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryaws] /ˈbɑr iˌoʊz, ˈbær-; Spanish ˈbɑr ryɔs/.
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population.
Origin of barrio
1890–95; < Spanish < Arabic barrī of open country (barr outside, open country + -ī adj. suffix)
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barrio
/ (ˈbærɪəʊ, Spanish ˈbarrjo) /
noun plural -rios
a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city, esp in the US
a Spanish-speaking community
Word Origin for barrio
from Spanish, from Arabic barrī of open country, from barr open country
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barrio
1841, "ward of a Spanish or Spanish-speaking city," sometimes also used of rural settlements, from Spanish barrio "district, suburb," from Arabic barriya "open country" (fem.), from barr "outside" (of the city). Main modern sense of "Spanish-speaking district in a U.S. city" is 1939; original reference is to Spanish Harlem in New York City.
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