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barrio

[ bahr-ee-oh, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryaw ]

noun

plural barrios
  1. (in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
  2. a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population.


barrio

/ ˈbarrjo; ˈbærɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city, esp in the US
  2. a Spanish-speaking community
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrio1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Spanish: literally, “district, neighborhood,†from Arabic ²ú²¹°ù°ùÄ« “of open country†(equivalent to barr “outside, open country†+ -i adjective suffix) + -o Spanish noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrio1

from Spanish, from Arabic ²ú²¹°ù°ùÄ« of open country, from barr open country
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In reality, she was a “working-class Mexicana from Mazatlan who fled north to reclaim a tiny corner of a Los Angeles barrio, Frogtown,†he says.

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“It was always about barrios, borders and bodegas,†she told NPR’s “All Things Considered†in 2006, describing what publishers and readers expected from her.

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“Fernando wasn’t very dedicated to the people of his barrio — beyond his own family,†said Luna, the former league president.

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Their continued refusal to erect a memorial to the barrios upon which Dodger Stadium was built contradicts the spirit of a city that wants to grapple with all of its history, comfortable and not.

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How he inspired Latinos to root for a franchise whose original sin was building a ballpark on the site of barrios that the city had demolished in the name of progress.

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