favela
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/fəˈvɛlə/
Definition of favela
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
“The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.”
“security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city”
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noun
-
A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
“The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.”
“security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese favela.
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