Definitions for shantytown
ˈʃæn tiˌtaʊnshan·ty·town

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. shantytownnoun

   a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. shantytownnoun

   An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

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1. shantytown

   A shantytown is a deprived area, usually on the outskirts of a city, characterized by substandard housing, poverty and inadequate living conditions, built by people using improvised materials such as cardboard, metal, or plywood. These informal settlements often lack basic services like sewage, clean water, and electricity. They often arise in rapidly growing cities, primarily in developing countries.

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1. • Slum

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1883","2"],["1892","1"],["1895","1"],["1900","1"],["1902","1"],["1903","5"],["1904","1"],["1907","1"],["1909","3"],["1910","2"],["1912","1"],["1915","1"],["1918","1"],["1919","2"],["1920","1"],["1921","1"],["1922","7"],["1924","1"],["1927","1"],["1928","3"],["1929","1"],["1932","3"],["1933","1"],["1934","4"],["1935","3"],["1936","10"],["1937","4"],["1938","8"],["1939","4"],["1940","5"],["1941","7"],["1942","12"],["1943","7"],["1944","2"],["1945","24"],["1946","16"],["1947","15"],["1948","22"],["1949","8"],["1950","13"],["1951","20"],["1952","20"],["1953","11"],["1954","31"],["1955","42"],["1956","33"],["1957","15"],["1958","65"],["1959","32"],["1960","25"],["1961","60"],["1962","74"],["1963","67"],["1964","70"],["1965","84"],["1966","80"],["1967","209"],["1968","268"],["1969","213"],["1970","290"],["1971","232"],["1972","234"],["1973","560"],["1974","1255"],["1975","332"],["1976","607"],["1977","1269"],["1978","390"],["1979","426"],["1980","482"],["1981","329"],["1982","397"],["1983","305"],["1984","454"],["1985","482"],["1986","448"],["1987","532"],["1988","730"],["1989","621"],["1990","687"],["1991","694"],["1992","877"],["1993","1127"],["1994","947"],["1995","1114"],["1996","1015"],["1997","1137"],["1998","1118"],["1999","1153"],["2000","1563"],["2001","1433"],["2002","1237"],["2003","1642"],["2004","1681"],["2005","1497"],["2006","2008"],["2007","1811"],["2008","1748"]]

How to pronounce shantytown?

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How to say shantytown in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shantytown in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shantytown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shantytown in a Sentence

1. Jana Kramer:

   Our entire living room looks like an amusement park. Weve got a ball pit, my husband made this shantytown out of boxes weve gotten from Amazon, which, of course, we wiped down.

2. Mary Beth Brown:

   As soon as I saw the encampment my immediate thought was, 'This is like shantytown,' they both went to the board of curators and won.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shantytown
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shantytown
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shantytown