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Children play with a ball in front of a mural depicting the Brazilian World Cup football team at the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro on November 23, 2022.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, São Paulo’s industrial backstreets and the walls along the metro lines have always been arenas for expression.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This début novel is a chronicle of Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and follows the efforts of a group of male friends to score drugs, make a few dollars, and inch toward a better life.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Ostensibly a story about strife in the gritty Rio de Janeiro favelas, the film becomes a sweet and earnest parable about one man trying against all odds to offer his community some respite from the injustice that engulfs it.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 June 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, São Paulo’s industrial backstreets and the walls along the metro lines have always been arenas for expression.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This début novel is a chronicle of Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and follows the efforts of a group of male friends to score drugs, make a few dollars, and inch toward a better life.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Ostensibly a story about strife in the gritty Rio de Janeiro favelas, the film becomes a sweet and earnest parable about one man trying against all odds to offer his community some respite from the injustice that engulfs it.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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Costa Rica has stunning resorts that combine jungle luxury with beach views.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, the diverse lush tones joined forces with the suffocating heat of the jungle to disguise an essential monotony, the primary function of which was to drive crazy anyone who might be inclined to formulate an original thought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Countless arrivals make their way to Lagos every day with little money, finding places to live in shantytowns and hastily built tenements, or, sometimes, on the street.—
Alexis Okeowo,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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City leaders in El Cajon decided the city will not store homeless individuals’ personal belongings after encampments are cleared.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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Visit a pirate encampment, take part in scavenger hunts (with treasure included) and explore a pirate trail.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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