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a place in ancient Greek towns where markets and public meetings were held outside

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a part of a city, town, country etc

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the ugliest place in a city or region

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a poor district of a city in a Spanish-speaking country

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a part of a US city where most people speak Spanish

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an area of buildings in a town or city with streets on all four sides

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the distance along a city street from where one road crosses it to the next road

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a town or a district in a city that is responsible for its own schools, libraries etc

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the suburbs

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a town or part of a large city that has its own local government

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a special area for offices and small factories, usually away from the centre of a town

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another spelling of basti

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a district of a South Asian city which shows the influence of Western Europeans or Americans

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an area in a city where people who have no homes make shelters from cardboard boxes

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another spelling of kasbah

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the area for which a school or hospital provides a service

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the part of a town or city that contains most of the shops, restaurants, and places of entertainment

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an area in a large city that has many Chinese restaurants and shops and where the population is mainly Chinese

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the part of a city where the main shops and businesses are. The American word is downtown.

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a large piece of open land in a village or town where anyone can walk, play sports etc

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an area surrounding a large city where many people who work in that city live

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an unpleasant part of a city where there are a lot of ugly buildings close together

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an area of a city consisting of council houses

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the area of a town or city around its docks

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the centre of a town or city, especially the business or shopping areas

the eastern part of London, where working-class people traditionally lived

the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York that is divided into the Lower East Side, where many poor people live, and the Upper East Side, where many rich people live

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an area of a country or city where a particular group of people live

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used in the names of some districts of cities

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an area where there are many houses, usually built at the same time by the same company. Many estates are owned by local government and have cheap houses for poorer families. The American word is development

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an industrial estate or trading estate

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a poor area of a town in Brazil where the houses are in very bad condition

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an area in a city or town where people of a particular type live, usually in poor conditions

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a part of a European town or city where Jewish people were forced to live in the past

the area that was left after the World Trade Center in New York was destroyed on 11th September 2001

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the main street in a town or city, with a lot of businesses along it

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the neighbourhood where you live in a city or town

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an area of land where industrial companies have their buildings

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an industrial estate

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an area near the centre of a large city where a lot of poverty and other social problems exist

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the old central part of a North African city, often surrounding a castle and including a market

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a large area with no buildings, trees etc on it, in or near a town

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the main street in a town

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a place where people sell goods outside in a town or village market

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the part of a city near the centre

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a particular area of a city or town

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an area in a town that is not considered to be safe because there are high levels of crime and violence there

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the areas of a town or city that are furthest away from the centre

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in a town, an open public area with grass and trees, often with sports fields or places for children to play

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a region of a country or district of a city

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a large open space in a town, especially an Italian town square

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a large open area with a hard surface in a city or town

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an area in a city where there are several shops and businesses

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a part of a town that has a particular use, especially an area where no cars are allowed

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a district in a town or city, usually organized for voting, police, or government purposes

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a part of a town where you find particular buildings, activities, or people

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a long row of houses built along a major road leading out of a city

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a row of houses, or the part of a town, that is next to a river

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an area where there are many organizations doing scientific research, especially an area connected to a university

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the part of a town by the sea where there are houses, hotels etc

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an area in a town or city

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an area where very poor people live in shanties

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a very poor area of a town where there are a lot of people who drink too much alcohol

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a poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition

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a market in an Arab town

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a part of a town or city that starts to spread into the countryside in a way that is ugly and not carefully planned

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an area around a city where rich people who work in the city live

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outside in a city or town

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relating to streets, or taking place on the streets in a city or town

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an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle-class people

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the people who write, produce, and play popular music, or the part of a city where they work

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the centre of a town where all the shops are

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the part of a town where most of the shops, banks, restaurants, or bars are. The American word is downtown

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an area, often just outside a town, where there are a lot of companies and small factories

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a very large area of buildings, industries etc that has spread from a city into the countryside surrounding it, especially in a way that is not attractive

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a small district that a city, town, or other area is divided into for local elections in the UK

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waste land or waste ground is land that is not being used or has not been built on, usually in a city

the western part of a city

a particular part of a town or country