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favelas

favelas is the plural of favela.

Meaning of favela

Noun

favela (plural favelas)

  1. 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.2008, Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, Foreword, page 8

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Proper noun capitalized: Favelas

Favelas

  1. (plural) plural of Favela

Questions about favelas

What is favelas the plural of?
Favelas is the plural of favela.
What part of speech is favelas?
Favelas is a proper noun.

Words near favelas in the dictionary

  1. Favazzas
  2. fave
  3. faved
  4. favel
  5. favela
  6. favelas
  7. favelet
  8. favelets
  9. favelization
  10. favella
  11. favellas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: favelas (page history and authors); Favelas (page history and authors); favela (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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