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حلبی آباد‎

English translation: shanty town

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:حلبی آباد‎
English translation:shanty town
Entered by: hossein sakhizadeh

15:53 Apr 30, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Media / Multimedia
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: حلبی آباد‎
حلبی آباد به واقع مصداق چنین مکانی است
hossein sakhizadeh
Local time: 19:03
shanty town
Explanation:
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Amanollah Zawari
United States
Local time: 04:03
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5slum
Mohammad Ali Omrani
5 +3shanty town
Amanollah Zawari
5 +2shanty town
Reza Ebrahimi
5ghetto
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
slum


Explanation:


Mohammad Ali Omrani
Local time: 14:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armineh Johannes: armineh johannes should be used in plural - slums
1 min
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ahmad Kabiri
1 min
  -> Thank you!
agree  Zeynab Tajik
2 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Mahmoud Akbari
3 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ehsan Alipour
18 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
shanty town


Explanation:


Amanollah Zawari
United States
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DariDari, Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mahmoud Akbari
1 min
  -> Thank you!
agree  Edward Plaisance Jr: technically, this is better than slum...a slum is an area of town which has deteriorated...a shanty town is built crudely, usually outside of a big town
22 mins
  -> Thank you for explanation.
agree  Ahmad Hosseinzadeh
2 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shanty town


Explanation:


Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward Plaisance Jr: technically, this is better than slum...a slum is an area of town which has deteriorated...a shanty town is built crudely, usually outside of a big town
23 mins
  -> thanks for the explanation!
agree  Ahmad Hosseinzadeh
2 hrs
  -> thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ghetto


Explanation:
an area of a city lived in by a minority group, especially a run-down and densely populated area lived in by a group that experiences discrimination
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Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
Iran
Local time: 14:33
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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