barrio

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 2 Classical Nahuatl 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.4 References 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

barrio (plural barrios)

1. (informal) An area or neighborhood in a U.S. city inhabited primarily by people speaking Spanish or of Hispanic origin.

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[edit] Classical Nahuatl

[edit] Alternative spellings

• barrioh

[edit] Etymology

From Spanish barrio.

[edit] Noun

barrio

1. A district of an altepetl.

[edit] References

• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 211.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Compare Portuguese bairro.

[edit] Noun

barrio m. (plural barrios)

1. neighbourhood
2. (Venezuela, Dominican Republic) slum

[edit] See also

• vecindad
• vecindario