Bairro

Bairro (lit. quarter, ) is a Portuguese word and refers to a community or region within a city or municipality. Bairros exist in the majority of large cities in the world. Related words in English include neighborhood, district, borough or subdivision. Bairro is cognate with the Germanic berg, burg, borg, burgh, borough, etc.; and also the Spanish barrio, all of which descend from the same Proto-Indo European root.