| Pronunciation: | | 'bârryo
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| Matching Terms: | | barricade, barricaded, barricader, barricado, barrie, barrier, barrier island, barrier reef, barrier strip, barrigudo, barring, barringout, barrister
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- [n] an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
- [n] a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
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| | See Also: | | quarter, urban area |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bar"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Barrios}. [Sp.]
In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward,
or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it
belongs.
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| | Related Terms: | | black ghetto, blighted area, Bowery, business district, central city, Chinatown, city center, core, downtown, East End, East Side, ghetto, greenbelt, inner city, Little Hungary, Little Italy, midtown, outskirts, red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, uptown, urban blight, West End, West Side |
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