Favela [noun]

Definition of Favela:

squalid district

Synonyms of Favela:

● Ghetto

● Bowery

● Red-light district

● Skid road

● Tenderloin


Opposite/Antonyms of Favela:

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Sentence/Example of Favela:

Users can subscribe to receive updates whenever they are heading toward a zone considered dangerous—such as a favela that’s known to have had recent shootings, or one that is currently contested by gangs.

She is currently at work on a third book, about the displacement and dispersal Rio’s favela population suffered during that city’s 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela -- a kind of squatter's slum.