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latifundia

latifundia is the plural of latifundium.

Meaning of latifundium

Noun

latifundium (plural latifundia)

  1. (in plural) A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
    • The conclusive military victory of Philip V left the grandees stranded, still rich and still powerful on their latifundia, but stripped of the ‘aristocratic republicanism’ they had previously enjoyed.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 251

Words formed from latifundia

Questions about latifundia

What is latifundia the plural of?
Latifundia is the plural of latifundium.

Words near latifundia in the dictionary

  1. latifolious
  2. latifondi
  3. latifondo
  4. latifondos
  5. Latifs
  6. latifundia
  7. latifundial
  8. latifundian
  9. latifundiary
  10. latifundio
  11. latifundios

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