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barrio

bar·rio

US/ˈbɑrioʊ/ uncommon informal us

noun

1.

a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”).

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