pueblo joven
/ˌpwɛbləʊ ˈhəʊvən/ /ˌpweɪbləʊ ˈhəʊvən/noun
In Peru: a shanty town on the outskirts of a city.
- Formerly called barriadas and renamed pueblos jovenes by the Peruvian government in 1968..
Origin
1960s. From Peruvian Spanish pueblo joven (apparently 1968 or earlier), lit. ‘young town’ from Spanish pueblo + joven young, perhaps after Quechua musuq llaqta new town, lit. ‘young town’.