aldeia
Definitions
In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción
Equivalents
Portuguêsaldeia
Examples
“It is little wonder⟳ that the settlers envied the wealth of the Jesuit aldeias, and resented what they saw⟳ as the Jesuits’ obstruction of their efforts to procure an adequate supply⟳ of labour for their own⟳ plantations.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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