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latifundio

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la⋅ti⋅fun⋅di⋅o

  [lat-uh-fuhn-dee-oh, -foon-; Sp. lah-tee-foon-dyaw]
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–noun, plural -di⋅os  [-dee-ohz; Sp. -dyaws] .
a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
Origin:
1920–25; < Sp < L lātifundium latifundium
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la·ti·fun·di·o   (lä'tə-fōōn'dē-ō')   
n.   pl. la·ti·fun·di·os
A large landed estate in Spain or Latin America.

[Spanish, from Latin lātifundium, latifundium; see latifundium.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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latifundio

any large ancient Roman agricultural estate that used a large number of peasant or slave labourers.

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