Barrios

[ bahr-ryaws ]

/ ˈbɑr rüɔs /

Jus·to Ru·fi·no

[hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/,1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.

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barrio

[ bahr-ee-oh, bar-; Spanish bahr-ryaw ]

/ ˈbɑr iˌoʊ, ˈbær-; Spanish ˈbɑr ryɔ /

(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.

a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population.

1890–95; < Spanish < Arabic barrī of open country ( barr outside, open country + -ī adj. suffix)

In the barrios of Los Angeles the gangsters get the most props and respect.

The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs |Seth Ferranti |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Barrios sentenced the general to 50 years imprisonment for genocide and another 30 years for crimes against humanity.

Guatemalan Dictator Efrain Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide |Mac Margolis |May 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A man named Barrios had often informed against the insurgents, and he was condemned to death.

Cuba |Arthur D. Hall
Ang kutay sa bungtud milagbas sa duha ka baryu, The range of mountains stretches across the two barrios.

A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan |John U. Wolff

The people of Guatemala strongly disapproved of Barrios' action in making himself a dictator instead of a president.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 50, October 21, 1897 |Various
Barrios, always delighted with a feat of daring and a good judge of courage, had taken a great liking to the Capataz.

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard |Joseph Conrad
When I return in triumph, as you say, with Barrios, I may find you all destroyed.

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard |Joseph Conrad

barrio

/ (ˈbærɪəʊ, Spanish ˈbarrjo) /

a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city, esp in the US

a Spanish-speaking community

from Spanish, from Arabic barrī of open country, from barr open country