Area and Slum

Area

Area noun - A part or portion having no fixed boundaries.

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Slum and area are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slum" instead a noun "Area".

Slum noun - A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

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Area and slum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Area" instead a noun "Slum".

full	full area	full slum
single	single area	single slum
powerful	powerful area	powerful slum
entire	entire area	entire slum
Other adjectives: massive, big, crowded, huge, main, rural, abandoned, underground, local, nearby, urban.

To clarify: Jericho is a small area of Oxford, which used to be a bit of a slum (and it's still not got a great reputation).

Source: Useful Notes / British Accents
Industrial Slum: This area usually springs up around rapid industrialization of an urban area.

Source: Wrong Side of the Tracks
Pretty much any slum, urban war zone, or disaster area with billboards will fall into this trope.

Source: Ad Dissonance

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