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PRONUNCIATION OF CARDBOARD CITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARDBOARD CITY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cardboard city is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARDBOARD CITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cardboard city

Cardboard city

Cardboard city was an informal settlement, or locally classified as unhygienic settlement, basically a slum in the capital of Serbia. It was located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd. The settlement was completely evicted and cleared in 2009.

Definition of cardboard city in the English dictionary

The definition of cardboard city in the dictionary is an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARDBOARD CITY

card vote
card-carrying
card-index
Card.
cardamine
cardamom
cardamon
cardamum
cardan joint
cardboard
cardboardy
cardcase
cardcastle
cardecu
Cardenal
carder
cardholder
cardi
cardia
cardiac

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARDBOARD CITY

authenticity
big city
capacity
capital city
cathedral city
city
electricity
ethnicity
fat city
felicity
free city
garden city
inner city
modulus of elasticity
publicity
simplicity
specificity
toxicity
twin city
velocity

Synonyms and antonyms of cardboard city in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cardboard city» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARDBOARD CITY

Find out the translation of cardboard city to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cardboard city from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cardboard city» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纸板城
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciudad de cartón
570 millions of speakers

English

cardboard city
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गत्ता शहर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مدينة الورق المقوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

картон город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade papelão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কার্ডবোর্ড শহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ville carton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadbod bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Karton Stadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

段ボール市
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

골판지 도시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Karton kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thành phố tông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அட்டை நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्डबोर्ड शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karton şehir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

città di cartone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tektury miasta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картон місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș carton
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρτόνι πόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

karton stad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kartong stad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

papp byen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cardboard city

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARDBOARD CITY»

The term «cardboard city» is normally little used and occupies the 132.477 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARDBOARD CITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cardboard city

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARDBOARD CITY»

Discover the use of cardboard city in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cardboard city and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cardboard City: A Chronicle of Life's Unfortunates
Cardboard City evolved from images which fell into my subconscious while I was a social worker to the aged and disabled.
Merry Harris, 2007
2
Slums: Camp of Fire, Cardboard City, Cazenga, Cité Soleil, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
3
Scouting
dedicated to the common goal of building the cardboard city. Finally, construction begins. Working in teams of two or three and limited to using one hacksaw, 15 assorted pieces of box cardboard, and an endless supply of plastic packaging ...
4
Gothic Motifs in the Fiction of William Gibson
The writer signposts the current space of the Cardboard City with objects from the past, offering the readers an intricate pattern of entangled codes of meaning relying upon the concealment and revelation of information. According to Allan ...
Tatiani G. Rapatzikou, 2004
5
The Goodness Ripple
Six months after a visit from a young man who claimed that his help was needed Captain Slater finally decided to visit Cardboard city. Through numerous undercover sources often masquerading to be hoodlums and refugees, he had learnt ...
Oj Francis, 2012
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Art Projects That Dazzle and Delight: Easy, Step-by-Step ...
Easy, Step-by-Step Directions for More Than 20 Fresh and Irresistible Art Activities That Enrich and Enliven the Themes You Teach! Karen Tush, Linda Evans, Mary Thompson. Around Us Cardboard City Students collaborate to create colorful ...
Karen Tush, Linda Evans, Mary Thompson, 2002
7
Cardboard Boxes
... the reality of cold harsh pavements and doorways. He was back to where it had all started, living in a cardboard box. Welcome to Cardboard City! GOODBODY & THE ECO—WARRIOR Lucinda Goodbody, a fifties something divorcee, 198.
Margaret J. Carr, 2008
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William Gibson: A Literary Companion
The speaker re-establishes some of his earlier distance in the sections that follow , but in the final section the distance collapses as he describes images he found within the image—photographs of one of the men living in the Cardboard City.
Tom Henthorne, 2011
9
The Most Beautiful Dress in the World / Cardboard City ...
. . Part of the Storycuts series, these two stories were previously published in the collection The Atmospheric Railway.
Shena Mackay, 2011
10
Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning ...
This group's task was to use the "best of the best" from prior simulations, rearranging Cardboard City a final time. Again, operators were asked to simulate the production process, and the results were videotaped. After another review, this last ...
David A. Garvin, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARDBOARD CITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cardboard city is used in the context of the following news items.
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A WORLD OF DEEDS: South Seneca's Distance Learning class …
Her first project was a video about Cardboard City, a fundraiser where local students spend the night in cardboard boxes to raise awareness ... «Finger Lakes Times, Jul 15»
2
Children's programs at library next week
Children will make a mini hero (community or super) and then create a small cardboard city to go with it! This drop-in craft is for all ages and no ... «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»
3
Up-cycling lifts laneway for Rockhampton River Festival
"Even our arts display, Portraits of a City, uses environmentally friendly glue, while the Cardboard City provides functional furniture made from ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»
4
Cardboard City in Palmer
Cardboard City is an event hosted annually by Family Promise Mat-Su to help raise awareness and funds for the homeless population here in ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jun 15»
5
Cardboard city gives students insight
Hawera High School students, from left, Kersti Ward, 17, Yani Remoto, 13, and Cory Oldfield, 17, in the cardboard house they called home ... «Taranaki Daily News, May 15»
6
Watch a cardboard city get destroyed in Nicki Bluhm & the …
Folk rocker Nicki Bluhm released Loved Wild Lost last month, her second album with her group, The Gramblers. It features more of the sunny, ... «Entertainment Weekly, May 15»
7
Wilmington church builds cardboard city to combat homelessness
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wrightsboro United Methodist Church on N. Kerr avenue is constructing a city of cardboard in the hopes of ... «WWAY NewsChannel 3, May 15»
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And finally… Volunteers sought to help build cardboard city
Made In Cardboardia Volunteers in Londonderry are being asked to join a visiting group of artists in order to build a miniature city made of ... «Scottish Construction Now, May 15»
9
Cardboard City participants bring awareness to area regarding …
The Logan Rotary Club members with help from their families created this unique castle. The participants (from left) are: First row – Madison ... «Logan Daily News, Apr 15»
10
Cardboard City to be constructed Saturday
Several groups turned out this past Saturday for the Athens Cardboard City event to build their cardboard houses. The Logan event will be held ... «Logan Daily News, Apr 15»

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