favelan.
/fəˈvɛlə/, U.S. /fəˈvɛlə/ In Brazil, a shack, shanty; a slum: usually in plural favelas, a collection of improvised huts, a shanty town.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun]
hulka1000
boothc1200
hull?c1225
lodge1290
hottea1325
holetc1380
tavern1382
scalea1400
schura1400
tugury1412
donjon?a1439
cabinc1440
coshc1490
cabinet1579
bully1598
crib1600
shed1600
hut1637
hovela1640
boorachc1660
barrack1686
bothy1750
corf1770
rancho1819
shanty1820
kraal1832
shelty1834
shackle1835
mia-mia1837
wickiup1838
caboose1839
chantier1849
hangar1852
caban1866
shebang1867
humpy1873
shack1878
hale1885
bach1927
jhuggi1927
favela1961
hokkie1973
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > slum(s)
rookery1824
slum1825
slumdom1882
warren1884
slummery1892
slumland1893
barrack yard1903
tenement yard1914
borgata1929
string slum1939
squatter camp1956
favela1961
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > shanty town
shanty town1876
Hooverville1933
bidonville1955
favela1961
pueblo joven1969
kasi1988
1961 G. Mikes Tango 18 In the midst of all this beauty and elegance, you discover the favelas... The favela is a wretched, ramshackle, filthy hut run up out of sticks, rotting planks, dirty rags and cardboard, as a rule in less than twenty-four hours... The favelas have no electricity (unless, as frequently happens, an enterprising favelado manages to tap an electric cable).
1962 Guardian 5 Oct. 13/4 A Sao Paulo favela, one of those slum shanty towns.
1964 ‘M. E. Chaber’ Six who Ran (1965) iv. 57 We have a little house in the favelas.
1969 J. Mander Static Society ii. 81 We cannot admire Rio's skyline for the squalid favelas nestling between her sugar-loaf hills.
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faveˈlado n. a person dwelling in a favela.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > regions
poblador1850
llanero1878
favelado1964
1964 W. McCord in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 427 They hastily retreated to the city's healthier quarters, leaving the suffering favelados unchanged.
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