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BLIGHTED AREA

Specialty Definition: BLIGHTED AREA

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

Is one that has deteriorated or has been arrested in its development by physical, economic, or social forces. Source: European Union. (references)

Finance

A run-down area in a community or a neighborhood that is close to becoming a slum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: BLIGHTED AREA

Synonym by domain: insanitary (building & civil engineering, real estate).

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Modern Translation: BLIGHTED AREA

Language Translations for "BLIGHTED AREA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

usundt kvarter (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), usund bydel (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), slumområde (insalubrious zone, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, insanitary zone, slum, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), slumkvarter (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneringsmodent kvarter (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneringsmoden bydel (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

krottenwijk (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown, slum, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), krottenbuurt (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), aan sanering toezijnde stadsbuurt (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

slummikortteli (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), slummialue (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneerausalue (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references)

   

French

  

zone pathologique, quartier insalubre, quartier délabré. (various references)

   

German

  

verwahrlostes Wohnviertel (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), sanierungsreifer Stadtteil (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), Sanierungsgebiet (redevelopment area), sanierungsbedürftiges Wohnviertel (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), Elendsviertel (slum, slums). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υποβαθμισμένη περιοχή (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), ανθυγιεινή περιοχή (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bassofondi (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere malsano (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere delle baracche (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere dei diseredati (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere da risanare (insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum area, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ightedblay areaay

   

Swedish

  

slum (slum). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BLIGHTED AREA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-g-h-i-l-r-t"

-2 letters: bighearted.

-3 letters: blathered, blithered, delighter, heritable, liberated, lightered, relighted, tradeable, trailhead.

-4 letters: ablegate, agitable, alighted, barehead, begirdle, bigarade, blighted, blighter, breathed, dateable, detailer, editable, elaterid, eradiate, galabieh, galeated, gathered, gilthead, glabrate, gladiate, gradable, haltered, hateable, headgate, headgear, hearable, heatable, heritage, hireable, laagered, labiated, lariated, lathered, liberate, librated, litharge, radiable, railhead, rateable, readable, rebaited.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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