Words similar to barrio

Example sentences for: barrio

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The neighborhood known as Cayo Hueso, just behind the Malecón, is a rough-and-tumble barrio once populated by cigar-factory workers.
In one section of his poem he affirms the positive role of the barrio:
Mary Helen Ponce writes in Hoyt Street about the barrio where she grew up in Pacoima, California, during the 1940s and 1950s.
Sanchez-Tranquilino has analyzed the displacement of graffiti by murals in Chicano communities and finds that murals can be an extension of the barrio calligraphy rather than an attempt to control gang vandalism, as is sometimes assumed.
It is also known as the cruz del barrio (cross from the neighborhood) and has been found throughout major cities of the Southwest.