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jhopadpatti

jhopadpatti noun: an urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.

Noun

jhopadpatti (plural jhopadpattis)

  1. (India) An urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.
    • 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 jhopadpatti

pluraljhopadpattis

Questions about jhopadpatti

What does jhopadpatti mean?
Jhopadpatti means an urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.
What part of speech is jhopadpatti?
Jhopadpatti is a noun.
What is the plural of jhopadpatti?
The plural of jhopadpatti is jhopadpattis.

Words near jhopadpatti in the dictionary

  1. jhools
  2. jhoom
  3. jhoomia
  4. jhoomias
  5. jhooming
  6. jhopadpatti
  7. jhopadpattis
  8. jhorts
  9. Jhou
  10. JHOVE
  11. jhow

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