barrio

(noun)

A Spanish word meaning "neighborhood."

Related Terms

Examples of barrio in the following topics:

  • Latino Rights

    • In 1966, as part of the Annual Chicano Student Conference in Los Angeles County, a team of high school students discussed different issues affecting Mexican Americans in their barrios and schools.

  • The Diversity of the West

    • Border towns sprang up with barrios of intense poverty.

  • Architecture of the Inca

    • The Barrio de San Blas neighborhood includes houses built over Incan foundations, along with the oldest parish church in Cuzco.