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barriada

barriada noun: a shanty town or slum in any of several Peruvian cities.

Noun

barriada (plural barriadas)

  1. A shanty town or slum in any of several Peruvian cities

Forms of barriada

pluralbarriadas

Origin of barriada

Borrowed from Spanish barriada.

Questions about barriada

What does barriada mean?
Barriada means a shanty town or slum in any of several Peruvian cities.
What part of speech is barriada?
Barriada is a noun.
What is the plural of barriada?
The plural of barriada is barriadas.

Words near barriada in the dictionary

  1. Barrettos
  2. Barretts
  3. Barretts Creek
  4. Barrhead
  5. Barrhill
  6. barriada
  7. barriadas
  8. Barriball
  9. barricade
  10. barricade tape
  11. barricade tapes

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