ejido
UK/ɛˈhiːdəʊ/US/ɛˈhidoʊ/
ejido noun: a Mexican cooperative farm.
Noun
ejido (plural ejidos)
- A Mexican cooperative farm.
- Ejidos are land-grant communities organized by the federal government. Each family has a plot, which cannot be sold and can only be inherited by one person. Each ejido member has a vote at ejido meetings.1989, Mary I O'Connor, Descendants of Totoliguoqui: Ethnicity and Economics in the Mayo Valley, page 71
- They made camp in an oakgrove beside the river and built a fire and sat while the girl prepared their dinner out of the bounty they’d carried off from the ejido.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
Forms of ejido
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Origin of ejido
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ejido, from Latin exitus (“departure”), an early borrowing from Latin. Doublet of exit and exitus.
Words that rhyme with ejido
Questions about ejido
- What does ejido mean?
- Ejido means a Mexican cooperative farm.
- What part of speech is ejido?
- Ejido is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ejido?
- Ejido is pronounced /ɛˈhiːdəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ejido?
- The plural of ejido is ejidos.
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