ejido

noun

eji·​do

eˈḵēt͟hō,

eˈhē-

plural ejidos

-ōs

1

: a tract of land held in common by the inhabitants of a Mexican village and farmed cooperatively or individually : common

2

: a Mexican village having an ejido

3

: a system of communal land tenure in Mexico compare hacienda

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, common land in a village used for pasturage or threshing, from Latin exitus departure, way out

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