| 单词 | favela |
| 释义 | favela[ fuh-vel-uh; Portuguese fah-ve-lah ] / fəˈvɛl ə; Portuguese fɑˈvɛ lɑ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR favela ON THESAURUS.COM nouna shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area. Origin of favela1945–50; <Brazilian Portuguese: alleged to be a name given to a hill in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, where such towns were built circa 1900; literally, a shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae, derivative of Portuguese fava bean <Latin faba Words nearby favelafauxbourdon, faux-naïf, faux pas, fava bean, fave, favela, favelado, favella, favellidium, faveolate, faveolus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for favela
British Dictionary definitions for favelafavela / (fɑːˈveɪlə) / noun(in Brazil) a shanty or shantytown Word Origin for favelaC20: from Portuguese Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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