Slum
Slum noun - A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.
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Synonyms for Slum
Territory
Territory noun - The place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found.
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Synonyms for Territory
Slum and territory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slum" instead a noun "Territory".
Nearby Words: territorial, territorially
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The city of Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door may seem like one big slum, but there is a hierarchy: Robbo territory in east Rogueport qualifies as the slums of the slums, and you either have to pay Gus 10 coins every time you want to pass, or beat him in a fight.
Source: Urban Segregation - Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty: Some places look incredibly clean and nice, while others head straight into ghetto slum territory.
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