آلونک نشینی

English translation: Spontaneous Settlement

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: آلونک نشینی
English translation:Spontaneous Settlement
Entered by: hossein sakhizadeh

16:16 Apr 30, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: آلونک نشینی
حاشیه نشینی و آلونک نشینی در مناطق شهری
hossein sakhizadeh
Local time: 15:30
Spontaneous Settlement
Explanation:
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Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 00:30
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1squatter housing
Zeynab Tajik
5 +1living in shacks
Edward Plaisance Jr
5living in sheds
Armineh Johannes
5Spontaneous Settlement
Reza Ebrahimi
5living in shanties
Younes Mostafaei
5slum dwelling
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)


  

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squatter housing


Explanation:
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Zeynab Tajik
Spain
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ehsan Alipour
18 hrs
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living in sheds


Explanation:
living in sheds

Armineh Johannes
Local time: 00:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Spontaneous Settlement


Explanation:


Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8
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thanks
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living in shacks


Explanation:
shack connotes "run down/worn out"

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Hosseinzadeh: According to the Millennium Dic., an equivalent for "shack" is آلونک.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
living in shanties


Explanation:
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
a small house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal or cardboard, in which poor people live, especially on the edge of a city





Younes Mostafaei
Iran
Local time: 11:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 12
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slum dwelling


Explanation:
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Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
Iran
Local time: 11:00
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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