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mailo

mailo noun: in Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on hereditarily, without possibility of the ownership being contested.

Noun

mailo (plural mailos)

  1. In Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on hereditarily, without possibility of the ownership being contested.

Forms of mailo

pluralmailos

Origin of mailo

From mile. These areas were originally divided up by square miles.

Questions about mailo

What does mailo mean?
Mailo means in Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on hereditarily, without possibility of the ownership being contested.
What part of speech is mailo?
Mailo is a noun.
What is the plural of mailo?
The plural of mailo is mailos.

Words near mailo in the dictionary

  1. mailmen
  2. mailmerge
  3. mailmerged
  4. mailmerges
  5. mailmerging
  6. mailo
  7. mailoland
  8. mailolands
  9. mailorder
  10. Mailors Flat
  11. mailos

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