ejido
noun
a Mexican farm communally owned and operated by the inhabitants of a village on an individual or cooperative basis.
ejidos
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pluralof ejido.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A big part of the Jaguar Alliance’s conservation work has been orchestrating deals between the government and local farming communities called ejidos.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
All have been found to come from ejidos, unfenced community lands in Mexico, or from larger private Mexican ranches.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2021
One reason is Mexico's overenthusiastic land reform, whereby most of the big haciendas have been atomized into thousands of tiny, four-to twelve-acre ejidos and given to peasants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the revolution, governments have parceled out some 125 million acres to 2,700,000 families and established 25,000 ejidos.
From Time Magazine Archive
On remaining private farms with prime land and modern machinery, production runs about 20% ahead of the ejidos.
From Time Magazine Archive
