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Pronunciation / Transliteration: latifundia
"Le système des latifundia a marqué l'histoire agraire de la région."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A very large agricultural estate or landholding, typically characterized by absentee ownership and underutilization of land.
"The agrarian reform program aimed to expropriate and redistribute the vast latifundios among landless peasants." - 2
A massive tract of private land dominated by traditional, often exploitative labor systems.
"Economic inequality in the region was deeply rooted in the historical persistence of the latifundio system."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Spanish and Portuguese 'latifundio', originating from the Latin 'latifundium', a compound of 'latus' (broad, wide) and 'fundus' (farm, estate). Historically used in the Roman Empire to describe vast agricultural estates, the term evolved in modern contexts to signify large-scale landholdings characteristic of Latin American agrarian structures.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Latifundio" is said worldwide
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latifundia
Transliteration: latifundia
"Le système des latifundia a marqué l'histoire agraire de la région."
Latifundium
Transliteration: Latifundium
"Die großen Latifundien prägten die Agrarstruktur Südamerikas."
latifondo
Transliteration: latifondo
"Il latifondo rappresentava la base del potere economico agrario."
latifundio
Transliteration: latifundio
"El latifundio ha sido una fuente histórica de conflicto social en el campo."
latifúndio
Transliteration: latifundio
"A concentração de terras em grandes latifúndios gerou desigualdade."
बड़ी जागीर
Transliteration: badi jagir
"भूमि सुधार का उद्देश्य बड़ी जागीरों का पुनर्वितरण था।"
大地产
Transliteration: dà dìchǎn
"大地产制长期阻碍了该国农业的现代化。"
대농지
Transliteration: daenongji
"라티푼디움 제도는 농촌 경제에 큰 영향을 미쳤다."
大土地所有
Transliteration: daitochi shoyū
"ラティフンディウムによる大土地所有制が社会問題化した。"
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