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favella

favella is the alternative form 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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Forms of favella

pluralfavellas

Questions about favella

What is favella the alternative form of?
Favella is the alternative form of favela.

Words near favella in the dictionary

  1. favela
  2. favelas
  3. favelet
  4. favelets
  5. favelization
  6. favella
  7. favellas
  8. favellidia
  9. favellidium
  10. favels
  11. Faventine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: favella (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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