Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shantytown or slum, especially in Brazil.
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- noun A
slum orshantytown , especially in Brazil
Etymologies
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Examples
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Like in human shantytowns, the main challenge facing the dog favela is making ends meet.
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Anyone brought up in the favela is used to the sound of guns, he says. âAnd anyway, if the guy shoots in the air, it means he likes the song. â
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In 1897, it was the site of the world's first "favela" - a seizure of vacant lands by former slaves seeking a better life in the city.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local By Neal Peirce 2010
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Paul Goldberger, a writer for New Yorker magazine, described the area as a "favela" - a word for a Brazilian slum.
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Enhanced with the sort of hopefulness found in Slumdog Millionaire, this real life fable tells the tale of a group of slum kids living in what's known as the favela, who were staying out of trouble by creating their own alternate world.
Brad Balfour: Take a Trip To MoMa's Premiere Brazil Film Festival This July 2009
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The favela was the setting for an award-winning documentary about cocaine by the British film-maker Angus Macqueen, as well as a
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An example Bruce Sterling calls favela chic -- an oxymoron that's an appropriate description of cultural methodologies that are essential to completely bypassing the impact of perpetual global depression/breakdown.
Warren Ellis 2009
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The favela was the setting for an award-winning documentary about cocaine by the British film-maker Angus Macqueen, as well as a
Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009
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The favela was the setting for an award-winning documentary about cocaine by the British film-maker Angus Macqueen, as well as a
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Brazil there is misery, the "favela", just like in any other country of Latin America.
Global Voices in English Belen Bogado 2010
whichbe commented on the word favela
Slum area. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word favela
"Rio's lawmen are once again confronting favela drug lords; six of the meanest slums have been declared bandit-free, including the infamous Cidade de Deus (City of God). In a city of 1,000 favelas, half of which are rotten with trafficantes that's a drop in the ocean...."
—Mac Margolis, "Brazil Purifies the 'City of God,' Newsweek, January 25, 2010
March 17, 2010