sociable Dictionary, social, lively His extrovert personality won him many friends.
1 The township is a sprawling shanty town and squatter camp hidden by the bush. 2  I'd rather get within ten feet of someone who lives in township or a shanty town, because there are a great many of them.3  The so-called port at Siem Reap is actually a huge shanty town where the jetty is literally collapsing into the water.oun. A deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of shanty dwellings. Example sentences. 1  The township is a sprawling shanty town and squatter camp hidden by the bush. 2  I'd rather get within ten feet of someone who lives in township or a shanty town, because there are a great many of them.
Landslides have become a common threat to shantytowns in the Less Economically Developed Countries (for example, Rochina, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). These âfavelasâ are often built on land that has been used for nothing else â steep slopes/boggy ground/unstable ground.andslides have become a common threat to shantytowns in the Less Economically Developed Countries (for example, Rochina, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). These âfavelasâ are often built on land that has been used for nothing else â steep slopes/boggy ground/unstable ground.