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favela
[ fuh-vel-uh; Portuguese fah-ve-lah ]
noun
- a shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area.
favela
/ fɑːˈveɪlə /
noun
- (in Brazil) a shanty or shantytown
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Word History and Origins
Origin of favela1
1945–50; < Brazilian Portuguese: alleged to be a name given to a hill in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, where such towns were built circa 1900; literally, a shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae, derivative of Portuguese fava bean < Latin faba
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Word History and Origins
Origin of favela1
C20: from Portuguese
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Example Sentences
I interviewed Lilian, a single mother living in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
From The Daily Beast
This time, there were no fatalities, although it was close call for a resident named Alan in the Morro da Formiga favela.
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He grew up in one of the poorest areas of Belo Horizonte, the crime-ridden favela of Santa Matilde, located next to two prisons.
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The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela -- a kind of squatter's slum.
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