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  1. housing estate
    a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
    Carran Crescent, Northern Ireland's first purpose-built cross-community housing estate, may be a vision of a more tolerant future.
  2. purpose-built
    designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose
    Carran Crescent, Northern Ireland's first purpose-built cross-community housing estate, may be a vision of a more tolerant future.
  3. Northern Ireland
    a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
    Northern Ireland tries neutral living * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font Owen Bowcott, Enniskillen November 14, 2006 THERE are no union flags or Irish tricolours, no painted kerbstones, paramilitary murals or intimidating graffiti.
  4. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
    Northern Ireland Office Minister David Hanson has announced plans to develop integrated social housing near the Protestant-dominated Shankill Road in Belfast, the scene of numerous explosions and shootings.
  5. segregate
    divide from the main body or mass and collect
    In a society where 94 per cent of social housing estates are strictly segregated along sectarian lines, the decision to embrace a shared neighbourhood signals the fading of collective suspicions and fear.
  6. tricolour
    having or involving three colors
    Northern Ireland tries neutral living * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font Owen Bowcott, Enniskillen November 14, 2006 THERE are no union flags or Irish tricolours, no painted kerbstones, paramilitary murals or intimidating graffiti.
  7. westernmost
    farthest to the west
    Protestants, Catholics and recently arrived eastern European workers have all chosen to live together in this redbrick development on the outskirts of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, the westernmost of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
  8. hunger strike
    a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
    "When you see the hunger strike flags it's like they are trying to get you to take sides … I want to mix with all different kinds.
  9. paramilitary
    of a group of civilians operating like or assisting the army
    Northern Ireland tries neutral living * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font Owen Bowcott, Enniskillen November 14, 2006 THERE are no union flags or Irish tricolours, no painted kerbstones, paramilitary murals or intimidating graffiti.
  10. graffito
    a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
    Northern Ireland tries neutral living * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font Owen Bowcott, Enniskillen November 14, 2006 THERE are no union flags or Irish tricolours, no painted kerbstones, paramilitary murals or intimidating graffiti.
  11. IRA
    a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
  12. sectarian
    of or relating to a subdivision of a larger religious group
    In a society where 94 per cent of social housing estates are strictly segregated along sectarian lines, the decision to embrace a shared neighbourhood signals the fading of collective suspicions and fear.
  13. Belfast
    capital and largest city of Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland Office Minister David Hanson has announced plans to develop integrated social housing near the Protestant-dominated Shankill Road in Belfast, the scene of numerous explosions and shootings.
  14. Ireland
    an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland tries neutral living * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font Owen Bowcott, Enniskillen November 14, 2006 THERE are no union flags or Irish tricolours, no painted kerbstones, paramilitary murals or intimidating graffiti.
  15. tolerant
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
    Carran Crescent, Northern Ireland's first purpose-built cross-community housing estate, may be a vision of a more tolerant future.
  16. Protestant
    an adherent of Protestantism
    I don't want to know whether they are Protestant or Catholic.
  17. move out
    move out of one's old house or office
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
  18. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
    Protestants, Catholics and recently arrived eastern European workers have all chosen to live together in this redbrick development on the outskirts of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, the westernmost of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
  19. trigger
    lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
    Carran Crescent has also triggered enthusiasm for integrated schools that educate Catholic and Protestant children together.
  20. banner
    long strip of cloth or paper for decoration or advertising
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
  21. Catholic
    of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
    I don't want to know whether they are Protestant or Catholic.
  22. orange
    any citrus tree bearing oranges
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
  23. guardian
    a person who cares for persons or property
    GUARDIAN
  24. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
    "You don't have that feeling of conflict you have in older estates."
  25. green
    of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
  26. out of
    motivated by
    She has moved out of a nearby nationalist estate where telegraph poles are topped by green, white and orange Irish flags or black banners in remembrance of IRA hunger strikers.
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