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Fordlandia

Fordlandia proper noun: a former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company.

Proper noun

Fordlandia

  1. A former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company
  2. A district of Aveiro, Pará, Brazil.

Origin of Fordlandia

From Ford + land + -ia, from being founded by the Ford Motor Company.

Questions about Fordlandia

What does Fordlandia mean?
Fordlandia means a former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company.
What part of speech is Fordlandia?
Fordlandia is a proper noun.

Words near Fordlandia in the dictionary

  1. Fordite
  2. Fordize
  3. Fordized
  4. Fordizes
  5. Fordizing
  6. Fordlandia
  7. fordless
  8. fordo
  9. fordoes
  10. fordoing
  11. fordone

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