barriada

[ bahr-ee-ah-duh, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryah-thah ]

noun

, plural bar·ri·a·das [bahr-ee-, ah, -d, uh, z, bar-, bah, r, -, ryah, -, th, ahs].

1. a shantytown section on the outskirts of a large city in Latin America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of barriada¹

First recorded in 1955–60; from Latin American Spanish (Peru), where the term was first applied to such settlements in Lima; from Spanish: literally, “district, quarter,” equivalent to barri(o) + -ada; barrio, -ade ¹