slum

Etymology 1
. originally, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of origin.

Noun

 * 1)  A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
 * 2) * 1927-29,, ', translated 1940''' by , Part I, Chapter xvi:
 * I saw that most of those who were spending from eight to fifteen pounds monthly had the advantage of scholarships. I had before me examples of much simpler living. I came across a fair number of poor students living more humbly than I. One of them was staying in the slums in a room at two shillings a week and living on two pence worth of cocoa and bread per meal from Lockhart's cheap Cocoa Rooms.
 * 1)  Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
 * I saw that most of those who were spending from eight to fifteen pounds monthly had the advantage of scholarships. I had before me examples of much simpler living. I came across a fair number of poor students living more humbly than I. One of them was staying in the slums in a room at two shillings a week and living on two pence worth of cocoa and bread per meal from Lockhart's cheap Cocoa Rooms.
 * 1)  Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
 * 1)  Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
 * 1)  Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِنْطَقَة عَشْوَائِيَّة
 * Assamese:
 * Belarusian: трушчо́ба
 * Bengali: বস্তি
 * Bulgarian: беден квартал
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: slum
 * Danish: slumkvarter, slum
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kvartalaĉo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , Armensiedlung
 * Greek: ,
 * Gujarati:
 * Hindi:, गंदी बस्ती
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kawasan kumuh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , 貧民窟
 * Kannada:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, , 슬럼
 * Latvian: grausts, grausti
 * Macedonian: тенеќе-маало, слам
 * Malay: setinggan
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi:
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: barri de barracas
 * Odia:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: barrio marginal, barrio pobre,; , barriada bruja , barriada de emergencia ,  , barrio de chabolas , barrio periférico ,  , colonia de paracaidistas , colonia proletaria , ciudad perdida ,  ,  , pueblo joven ,  , villa miseria
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:, kenar mahalle, gecekondu mahallesi, gecekondu bölgesi
 * Ukrainian: не́трі, трущо́ба
 * Urdu: بستی
 * Vietnamese: khu ổ chuột,
 * Volapük: luharat, luslöm, slöm, pöfanaharat

Verb

 * 1)  To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
 * 2)  To saunter about in a disreputable manner.
 * 1)  To saunter about in a disreputable manner.
 * 1)  To saunter about in a disreputable manner.

Etymology 2
See.

Noun

 * 1)  Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.

Derived terms

 * slum gun

Noun

 * 1)  ; humbug.

Noun

 * 1)  dilapidated neighborhood

Noun

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