Barrio

Barrio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbarjo]) is a Spanish word that means "quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectural or morphological features.^[1] In Spain, several Latin American countries and the Philippines, the term may also be used to officially denote a division of a municipality. Barrio is an arabism (Classical Arabic بري barrī: "wild" via Andalusian Arabic bárri: "exterior").^[2]

^ Caves, R.W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 31.
^ Corriente, Federico (1996). "Hacia una historia de los arabismos y otras voces con étimos del romance andalusí o lenguas medio-orientales en el diccionario de la Real Academia Española (segunda parte)" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia Española. 76 (269). Royal Spanish Academy: 157. ISSN 0210-4822. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 23, 2023.

[1] Caves, R.W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 31.

[2] Corriente, Federico (1996). "Hacia una historia de los arabismos y otras voces con étimos del romance andalusí o lenguas medio-orientales en el diccionario de la Real Academia Española (segunda parte)" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia Española. 76 (269). Royal Spanish Academy: 157. ISSN 0210-4822. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 23, 2023.

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