favela的词源

英文词源

favela: "A Brazilian shack or shanty town; a slum", Portuguese. More shanty from early 19th century:The sea shanty, the song to which sailors hauled ropes, probably comes from French chantez!, an order to ‘sing!’ It is recorded from the mid 19th century. A slightly earlier shanty appeared in North America for a small, crudely built shack and may come from Canadian French chantier ‘lumberjack's cabin, logging camp’, a specialized used of the word which usually means ‘building site’ in France. This shanty gave the world the shanty town, such as the favela in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities. This word, from the Portuguese equivalent of shanty is first recorded in 1961.

来自葡萄牙语，原指巴西里约热内卢的贫民窟。其本义为一种豆子树，词源同fava. 原贫民窟的建立者，一群无家可归的退役老兵因为对这种树的深厚感情，用来命名他们的新居住区。

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