informal settlement
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In nearby Talisay, where an informal settlement along a riverbank was washed away, AFP found 26-year-old Regie Mallorca already at work rebuilding his home.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
Two weeks after Joshlin's disappearance from her modest shack in the Middelpos informal settlement, police arrested her mother Racquel "Kelly" Smith, Smith's boyfriend Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis, Steveno van Rhyn and Phumza Sigaqa.
From BBC • May 1, 2024
She was left in the care of her mother's boyfriend, Jacquin Appollis, in an informal settlement, when she went missing.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
The veterans named the informal settlement Favela Hill after a highly resilient flowering plant found in the northeast.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Mumbai, India—In Lal Matti, an informal settlement of tin-roofed homes in this coastal city, summer can be unbearable.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023
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