Definition of "barrio" [bar•ri•o]

• An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. (noun)
• A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The oldest "barrio" is far from the centre, on the far side of the San Juan river, spanned by a stone bridge."
• "Now the Spanish word 'barrio' is equivalent to the"
• "As for me a white man, born in San Francisco 1971, lived in every ghetto and barrio from the west coast to the east coast, raised by a hippie who has done everything from walking with Rev. King to the DNC 1972 Chicago."