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Barrio

Barrio Meaning & Definition
Barrio Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barrio?

[n] an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
[n] a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barrio:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barrio: 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

See Also | quarter | urban area

Barrio In Webster's Dictionary

\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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