slum

  • 21slum — (izg. slȁm) m <N mn ovi> DEFINICIJA žarg. sirotinjski dio grada, ob. splet prljavih uličica i straćara, ob. bez komunalnih priključaka ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 22slum — [n] ghetto blighted area, public squalor, run down neighborhood, shanty town, skid row, tenement housing; concepts 335,709 …

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  • 23Slum — [slam ], der; s, s meist Plural <englisch> (Elendsviertel) …

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  • 24Slum — A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN HABITAT, is a run down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security . The term has traditionally referred to housing areas that were once… …

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  • 25Slum — Elendsviertel; Armenviertel; informelle Siedlung; Marginalsiedlung * * * Slum [slam], der; s, s: Elendsviertel [einer Großstadt]: die Slums der Hauptstadt. * * * Slum 〈[ slʌ̣m] m. 6; meist Pl.〉 Elendsviertel, bes. in Großstädten [engl.] * * *… …

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  • 26slum — /slʌm / (say slum) noun 1. (often plural) an overpopulated, squalid part of a city, inhabited by the poorest people. 2. a squalid street, place, dwelling, or the like. 3. Mining mine tailings. –adjective 4. of or relating to a slum: slum area;… …

  • 27slum — slummer, n. /slum/, n., v., slummed, slumming. n. 1. Often, slums. a thickly populated, run down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people. 2. any squalid, run down place to live. v.i. 3. to visit slums, esp. from curiosity. 4. to visit… …

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  • 28slum — slum1 [slʌm] n 1.) a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live ▪ a slum area ▪ slum housing ▪ the slums of London 2.) [singular] BrE informal a very untidy place slum 2 slum2 …

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  • 29slum — I UK [slʌm] / US noun [countable] Word forms slum : singular slum plural slums 1) a) [often plural] a poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition b) a house in such an area 2) informal a house or room that is very dirty or… …

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  • 30slum — slum1 [ slʌm ] noun count 1. ) often plural a poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition a ) a house in such an area 2. ) INFORMAL a house or room that is very dirty or messy slum slum 2 [ slʌm ] verb OFTEN HUMOROUS slum it or …

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