ejido

[Spanish e-hee-th aw]

noun, plural e·ji·dos

[Spanish e-hee-th aws] /Spanish ɛˈhi ðɔs/.

a Mexican farm communally owned and operated by the inhabitants of a village on an individual or cooperative basis.

Origin of ejido

1885–90; < Mexican Spanish; Spanish: common fields (immediately outside a village) < Latin exitus exit¹