| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| barrio |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bar·ri·o |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bä r -  , b r- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. bar·ri·os
1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, from Arabic barr , of an open area, from barr, open area. See brr in Appendix II.
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