Meaning of BARRIO
| Pronunciation: | | 'bârryo
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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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| | Definition: | | Barrio
Welcome to Jose`s neighborhood. In his barrio, people speak an easy mix of Spanish and English and sometimes even Chinese. The masked revelry of Halloween leads into the festive remembrances of the Day of the Dead. And murals on the walls and buildings sing out the stories of the people who live here -- their backgrounds, heartaches, and hopes for the future. As familiar as any neighborhood yet as strange as a foreign country, Jose`s barrio isn`t in Mexico or Venezuela -- it`s in San Francisco. Award-winning author and photographer George Ancona follows Jose through a season in the barrio, and in the process gives readers a glimpse of a community as rich and varied as America itself. more details ... |
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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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