| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·ve·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -v l |
| NOUN: | A shantytown or slum, especially in Brazil. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese, possibly from diminutive of favo, honeycomb (from Latin favus) or from favelas (probably from pl. of favela, spurge, from fava, bean, from Latin faba; see bha-bh - in Appendix I).
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