Definition of Slum. Meaning of Slum. Synonyms of Slum

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Definition of Slum

Slum
Slum Slum, v. i. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. [Colloq.]
Slum
Slum Slum, n. [CF. Slump, n.] 1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. --Dickens. 2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes.

Meaning of Slum from wikipedia

- A slum is a highly po****ted urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often ****ociated with poverty...
- Slum Village is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. The group was formerly composed of the rappers Baatin (1974–2009), T3, and rapper / producer...
- This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing...
- Slum Jagathu (Slum World in English) is a not-for-profit magazine, published and edited by Isaac Arul Selva, who dwells in the slums of Bangalore, India...
- Slum is a term for poor residential areas. Slum or slums may also refer to: Slum (film), a 2013 Indian Kannada-language crime film Slum, Croatia, a village...
- Slum tourism, poverty tourism, ghetto tourism or trauma tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas, or in some cases, areas...
- Slum clearance, slum eviction or slum removal is an urban renewal strategy used to transform low-income settlements with poor re****tion into another...
- rookery, in the colloquial English of the 18th and 19th centuries, was a city slum occupied by poor people and frequently also by criminals and prostitutes...
- Lalbagh (Slum)|Lalbagh Mach Colony Mannan (Dhaka South) Mohammadpur (Slum)|Mohammadpur Molla (Dhaka North) Monsur Beel / Nama Para Mymensingh (Slum)|Mymensingh...
- 1 mi) from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and not only the largest urban slum in Kenya but also in Africa. The 2009 Kenya Po****tion...