bidonville
noun
(especially in France and North Africa) an impoverished shantytown on the outskirts of a city.
bidonvilles
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pluralof bidonville.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A 1964 law had officially banned the bidonvilles, but their population was growing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2018
But how many Americans think of the appalling squalor of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the bidonvilles of Algiers, the vecindades of Mexico City, or the nocturnal streets, littered with sleeping bodies, of Calcutta?
From Time Magazine Archive
