Meaning of latifundium | Babel Free
Definitions
A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
in-plural
Equivalents
Deutsch
Latifundium
Español
latifundio
Français
latifundium
Português
latifúndio
Svenska
latifundium
Türkçe
latifundia
Examples
“The conclusive military victory of Philip V left the grandees stranded, still rich and still powerful on their latifundia, but stripped of the ‘aristocratic republicanism’ they had previously enjoyed.”
“His vision for the future of the African continent in the Age of the Aerotropolis seems to be as a vast latifundium sown with GM wheat.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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