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Definition: Slum Area |
Slum AreaNoun1. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Slum AreaSynonym: slum (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: insanitary (building & civil engineering, real estate). |
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 | Memphis, Tenn. Mar. 1939. Families at Dixie home, a US public works administration project covering 42 acres of former slum area / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Sekaer.. |  | Houses in slum area in Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | House in slum area in Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Manati, Puerto Rico (vicinity). A slum area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Slum area. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ponce, Puerto Rico. In the slum area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Corozal, Puerto Rico. Houses in slum area at night. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Yauco, Puerto Rico. In the slum area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Children living in slum area. Elkins, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Utuado, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "slum area"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slumområde (blighted area, insalubrious zone, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, insanitary zone, slum, slum quarter, twilight zone), slumkvarter (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneringsmodent kvarter (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneringsmoden bydel (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), usundt kvarter (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), usund bydel (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), barakby (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sloppenwijk (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown), krottenwijk (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown, slum, slum quarter, twilight zone), krottenbuurt (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum, slum quarter, twilight zone), aan sanering toezijnde stadsbuurt (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | slummikortteli (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), slummialue (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), saneerausalue (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quartier insalubre (slum quarter), quartier délabré (slum quarter), bidonville (slum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Scheunenviertel (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown), sanierungsreifer Stadtteil (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), Sanierungsgebiet (redevelopment area), sanierungsbedürftiges Wohnviertel (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), verwahrlostes Wohnviertel (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), Kanisterstadt (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown), Elendsviertel (slum, slums), Barackensiedlung (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποβαθμισμένη περιοχή (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), ανθυγιεινή περιοχή (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quartiere povero, quartiere malsano (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere delle baracche (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere dei diseredati (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), quartiere da risanare (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), bidonville (shantytown), bassofondi (blighted area, insanitary district, insanitary quarter, slum quarter, twilight zone), baracche (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umslay areaay bairro da lata (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown). (various references) suburbio de chabolas (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown), núcleo de chabolismo (jerry-built town, shanty town, shantytown), barrio de chabolas (shantytown). (various references) slum (slum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-m-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: alarums, maulers, serumal. | |
-2 letters: alarms, alarum, amuser, asarum, larums, laurae, lauras, lemurs, malars, mauler, murals, realms, saurel, ulamas, ulemas. | |
-3 letters: alarm, almas, almes, alums, amuse, areal, areas, arles, arums, aurae, aural, auras, aures, earls, lamas, lamer, lames, lares, larum, laser, laura, lears, lemur, lures, maars, malar, males, mares, marls, marse, maser, mauls, meals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-m-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: aneurysmal, measurable, measurably, tularemias. | |
+3 letters: emasculator, seminatural. | |
+4 letters: amateurishly, ambulatories, candelabrums, emasculators, extramusical, immeasurable, immeasurably, manslaughter, matriculates, perambulates, planetariums, rampageously, summarizable, transmutable, ultramarines, ultrarealism, unmeasurable. | |
+5 letters: alphanumerics, gallimaufries, manslaughters, measurability, misarticulate, neuroblastoma, nonmeasurable, perambulators, premenopausal, supersalesman, ultramontanes, ultrarealisms, underclassman, upperclassman, vernacularism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 75 6D 41 72 65 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01110101 01101101 00100000 01000001 01110010 01100101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l u m   A r e a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0075 006D 0041 0072 0065 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53788779235847167 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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