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bidonville

/ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/

bidonville noun: a shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.

Noun

bidonville (plural bidonvilles)

  1. A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
    • With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63

Forms of bidonville

pluralbidonvilles

Origin of bidonville

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville

Questions about bidonville

What does bidonville mean?
Bidonville means a shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
What part of speech is bidonville?
Bidonville is a noun.
How do you pronounce bidonville?
Bidonville is pronounced /ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/.
What is the plural of bidonville?
The plural of bidonville is bidonvilles.

Words near bidonville in the dictionary

  1. Bido
  2. bidomain
  3. bidon
  4. bidone
  5. bidons
  6. bidonville
  7. bidonvilles
  8. Bidoon
  9. Bidoons
  10. bidoped
  11. bidoping

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