favelas

noun

plural of favela
as in shantytowns

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  1. shantytowns
  2. jungles
Noun
  • In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of shantytowns
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  • After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • To capture how Africa’s varied ecosystems shape the animals that live within them, film crews were sent to deserts, forests, jungles, mountains and islands.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of jungles
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“Favelas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favelas. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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