barrio
/B AA1 R IY0 OW0/noun
- 1
(in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic) A slum on the periphery of a major city; a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city.
- 2
(in some Spanish-speaking countries) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality.
- 3
(in the Philippines) A barangay.
- 4
An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin.
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