noun. A town or a section of a town consisting chiefly of shacks.

noun. An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings. syn.

noun. a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

"For someone like Jakes, everyone from a beleaguered president in the White House to a malnourished Kenyan boy in a shantytown is tugging at his cuffs."

slum  slum area  

200-foot  alar  end-of-track  evacuee  eventing  

Hooverville  slum