BARRIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barrio mean? 

• BARRIO (noun)
  The noun BARRIO has 2 senses:

1. a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

2. an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country

  Familiarity information: BARRIO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARRIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("barrio" is a kind of...):

quarter (a district of a city having some distinguishing character)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An urban area in a Spanish-speaking country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("barrio" is a kind of...):

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)