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a large landed estate: »
The low productivity and backwardness of the latifundia of Latin America and the feudal domains of the Middle East… (John Kenneth Galbraith).
╂[< Latin lātifundium]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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lat|i|fun|di|o — «LAT uh FUHN dee oh; Spanish LAH tee FOON dee oh», noun, plural os. a large landed estate in any Spanish speaking country. ╂[< Spanish latifundio < Latin lātifundium] … Useful english dictionary
lat|i|fun|dism — «LAT uh FUHN dihz uhm», noun. the holding of large landed estates … Useful english dictionary
lat|i|fun|dist — «LAT uh FUHN dihst», noun. the owner of a latifundium: »nine million acres lay idle in the grip of latifundists and private corporations (New Scientist) … Useful english dictionary
fun — do·fun·ny; fun·dal; fun·da·ment; fun·da·men·tal·ism; fun·da·men·tal·i·ty; fun·da·men·tal·ly; fun·da·men·tal·ness; fun·da·men·tum; fun·da·tri·ge·nia; fun·da·trix; fun·dic; fun·do; fun·du·line; fun·du·lus; fun·dus; fun·du·scop·ic; fun·dus·co·py;… … English syllables
lat — ac·co·lat·ed; acous·ti·co·lat·er·al; ada·lat; aero·phi·lat·e·list; aero·phi·lat·e·ly; am·bi·lat·er·al; an·tero·lat·er·al; bal·lat; be·lat·ed; bi·lat·er·al; bi·lat·er·al·ism; bi·lat·er·al·is·tic; bi·lat·er·al·i·ty; bos·se·lat·ed;… … English syllables
fun- — funi ❖ ♦ Élément, tiré du lat. funis (anc. franç. fun) « corde », qui entre dans la composition d un certain nombre de mots, tels que : funambule, funambulesque. ⇒ aussi Funiculaire, funicule … Encyclopédie Universelle
fun — Element prim de compunere savantă cu sensul de funie . [< lat. funis]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 05.04.2005. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
David Lat — David B. Lat (born 1975) is an American blogger and a former federal prosecutor. He is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law, a blog about law firms and the legal profession.[1][2] Lat first began blogging under the pseudonym Article … Wikipedia
latifundium — lat·i·fun·di·um … English syllables
latifundium — /lat euh fun dee euhm/, n., pl. latifundia / dee euh/. Rom. Hist. a great estate. [1620 30; < L, equiv. to lat(us) wide, broad + i I + fund(us) a piece of land, farm, estate + ium IUM] * * * ▪ estate plural Latifundia … Universalium
