manyatta
- noun
- UK
- The government is working to improve conditions in the largest manyatta near Nairobi.
Examples
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Many families live in a manyatta on the outskirts of the city, where housing is often overcrowded.
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Volunteers visited the manyatta to help build new water facilities.
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Many families live in a manyatta on the edge of the city.
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The children play in the dusty manyatta every afternoon.
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Many families live in a small manyatta near the city.
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The government is prioritizing improvements in living conditions for residents of the manyatta located near Nairobi.
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During the community event, volunteers distributed food to families living in the manyatta.
Synonyms
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3.0
A poor part of a city with crowded, run-down houses and few services
6
7.0
An area of a city where very poor people live in small rough houses
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2.7
A poor part of a city where many people live in small, crowded houses
Antonyms
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4.2
An area planned and built with homes, shops, and parks for people to live in
Surface Forms
Etymology
Manyatta comes from East Africa, where it originally meant a 'home' or 'enclosure' of huts and later was used for crowded settlements near towns. So a manyatta can also mean a shanty town or informal settlement on the edge of a city.