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slum dwelling

Meaning of "slum dwelling" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SLUM DWELLING

slʌm ˈdwɛlɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUM DWELLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slum dwelling 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUM DWELLING

bestselling · celling · compelling · dwelling · evil-smelling · fast-selling · Felling · fortune-telling · foul-smelling · mis-selling · misspelling · propelling · retelling · selling · shelling · spelling · swelling · telling · welling · yelling

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUM DWELLING

slum · slum area · slum clearance · slum clearance area · slum clearance campaign · slum-dweller · slumber · slumber party · slumber wear · slumberer · slumberful · slumbering · slumberingly · slumberland · slumberless · slumberous · slumberously · slumberousness · slumbersome · slumbery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUM DWELLING

billing · calling · chilling · controlling · direct selling · drilling · falling · feeling · filling · fulfilling · hot-selling · installing · killing · modelling · polling · rolling · scrolling · shilling · start the ball rolling · travelling · willing

Synonyms and antonyms of slum dwelling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slum dwelling» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SLUM DWELLING

Find out the translation of slum dwelling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of slum dwelling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slum dwelling» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

贫民窟居住
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vivienda de tugurios
570 millions of speakers
en

English

slum dwelling
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्लम आवास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسكن الأحياء الفقيرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

трущоб жилье
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cortiço
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঘরের বাসিন্দা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

taudis
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kediaman kumuh
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Slum Wohnung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

スラムの住居
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

빈민가 주거
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Slum dwelling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khu ổ chuột nhà ở
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

குடிசை குடியிருப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

झुंड झोपडी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Gecekondu mahalli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

slum dimora
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

slums mieszkanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

трущоб житло
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mahala locuință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραγκούπολη κατοικία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slum woning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slum bostad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slum bolig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slum dwelling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUM DWELLING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of slum dwelling
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «slum dwelling».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slum dwelling

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUM DWELLING»

Discover the use of slum dwelling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slum dwelling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Housing Urban America
What is a slum dwelling unit? A slum dwelling unit is one which yields less than some arbitrary quantity of housing service per time period. Using the relationship established between total expenditure and quantity, we might decide to call all ...
Jon Pynoos, Robert Schafer, Chester W. Hartman, 1980
2
Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The high prevalence of SBBO in this disorder was confirmed by studies on slum- dwelling infants in the city of São Paulo,56,57 including 40 unweaned infants without diarrhea but presenting blunted D- xylose absorption and histological ...
Stefano Guandalini, 2004
3
Abandoned Children
... higher on depressive affect Brazil than middle-class counterparts Showed better growth status than Nepal slum-dwelling and rural children Weighed more and were taller than Indonesia slum-dwelling children Demonstrated self-esteem and ...
Catherine Panter-Brick, Malcolm T. Smith, 2000
4
Situation Analysis of Slum Settlements in Addis Ababa
Worsening housing conditions have combined with the emergence of squatter areas to cause a rapid increase in the proportion of the population of Addis Ababa that lives in such settlements. Still, the high estimate of the slum-dwelling ...
5
The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005: Globalization and ...
The remaining indicators were evaluated in the following sequence: access to improved sanitation, overcrowding, durability of dwelling and security of tenure. A household lacking any one of the five indicators was classified as a slum dwelling ...
‎2004
6
Reichman and Hershfield's Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive, ...
Here, the definition of a slum dwelling is a household which does not have any of the following features: security of tenure, structural quality/durability of the dwelling, access to safe water, access to sanitation facilities, and sufficient living area ...
Mario C. Raviglione, 2006
7
Southeast Asian Water Environment 5:
Tube wells should be installed at least 10 m far from latrine with sealed platform to avoid lateral-spreading. Keywords: Ershad Nagar, groundwater pollution, local water supply and sanitation, nitrate leaching, pit latrine, slum dwelling, tube well ...
K. Yamamoto, H. Furumai, H. Katayama, 2013
8
Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods, and Practice
Understanding Slum Dwelling Units and Households In order to clearly demarcate household units for its surveillance system, the Nairobi pilot DSS defined households to be groups of individuals who share the same dwelling unit within a ...
Sandro Galea, David Vlahov, 2006
9
Care for Major Health Problems and Population Health ...
An urban household is defined as a slum dwelling if it lacks one or more of the following: 1. Access to an Improved Water Supply: That provides a sufficient quantity of water for family use (at least 20 liters/person/day), at an affordable price ...
Jennie J. Kronenfeld, 2008
10
Environment and the City
However, slums do not accommodate all of the urban poor, nor are all slum dwellers always poor. The rapid growth in developing cities suggests that all the problems of slum dwelling will worsen in those areas that are already most vulnerable ...
Joe Ravetz, Clive George, Joe Howe, 2004

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUM DWELLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slum dwelling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Talking Environment - Slum Dwelling Overwhelms Monrovia Lifestyle
Slum communities in Monrovia include but are not limited to St. Paul Bridge, Banjor Fishing community, Brewerville, Clara Town, Bushrod Island, Logan Town, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Slum to stage: Tale of Mumbai shantytown lights up London theater
London audiences were given insight into the experience of Indian slum dwelling this week. (Photo courtesy: Photo Richard Hubert Smith/ National Theatre) ... «Al-Arabiya, Nov 14»
3
Nigeria tears downs its largest slum
the biggest slum dwelling in the country's largest city, Lagos. Makoko slum was home to nearly 100,000 people, mainly fishermen, sand harvesters and timber ... «euronews, Jul 12»
4
Slum rights till 2000: more than mere politics
It decided to afford protection to all those who lived in slum dwellings legitimised till 1 January 1995. It does not matter if they lived there before that cut-off or took ... «Firstpost, Jan 12»
5
Slums with penthouse views highlight Hong Kong's wealth divide
Nevertheless, a gray market in these slum dwellings does exist. "Of course the agent never explicitly says it's a rooftop dwelling. The listing will say something ... «CNN, Nov 11»
6
India in drive to end slum dwelling
Following the Congress party's victory in parliamentary elections in May, Pratibha Patil, the president, pledged to address the plight of slum dwellers by building ... «Financial Times, Jul 09»
REFERENCE
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