Definition of "favelas" []

• Plural form of favela. (noun)

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• "Tens of thousands of residents including a majority of Blacks live in what are called 'favelas' what we would call informal housing, they call shantytowns."
• "If this thing isn't useful to informal community designers living in favelas, it'll fail."
• "Two years ago, he caused an uproar when he called favelas"