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plural favelas
A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil quotations examples
security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city
2012, Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne, Urban Theory Beyond the West: A World of Cities
The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.
2008, Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, Foreword, page 8