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Definition of Favelas
1. favela [n] - See also: favela
Lexicographical Neighbors of Favelas
Literary usage of Favelas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meeting Megacity Challenges: A Role for Innovation and Technology by National Research Council (1999)
"In 1980, just 32 percent of the favelas (lowincome informal settlements) had ...
Specifically, it did not consider provision of services to the favelas to ..."
2. Naked Cities by Mute (2006)
"With financial support from USAID, other favelas were later demolished to clear
the way for industrial expansion or to "beautify" the borders of upper ..."
3. Final Justice: Police and Death Squad Homicides of Adolescents in Brazil by Ben Penglase (1994)
"... they are increasingly encountering heavily-armed and well-organized drug gangs,
which operate particularly in the poor hillside favelas that ring the ..."
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