Barrio is a Spanish word that means "quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional, social, architectural or morphological features. 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.
Sign marking the entrance to Barrio San Antón, one of Ponce's official barrios in Puerto Rico.
Spanish signs advertising "La Casa de las Novias", "Cuchifritos" and Banco Popular are visible in a row of stores in this photo of El Barrio at Lexington and 116th in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localized community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control."
The Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City
A neighbourhood watch sign in Jefferson County, Colorado
Segunbagicha, a neighbourhhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Typical Cypriot neighbourhood in Aglandjia, Nicosia, Cyprus