noun
definition
An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
Examples of shantytowns in a Sentence
It is not only African shantytowns that don't appear on urban maps.
Shanty Town Project We, the year seven's were asked to build a shanty house following our resent studies on shanty Town Project We, the year seven's were asked to build a shanty house following our resent studies on shantytowns in Nairobi.
As we leave the relative wealth of Lima, you will be struck by the numerous shantytowns that surround the sprawling capital.
Shanty Town Project We, the year seven 's were asked to build a shanty house following our resent studies on shantytowns in Nairobi.
Some communities, living in shantytowns on the outskirts of cities, lack any access to water, electricity, healthcare or education whatsoever.
It is not only African shantytowns that do n't appear on urban maps.