mita

American  

[mee-tuh] / ˈmi tə /

noun

1. a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.

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Etymology

Origin of mita

First recorded in 1720–30; from South American Spanish, from Quechua mit'a literally, “turn, time”

Example Sentences

Regarding the future of Mayan Warrior, he aspires to expand genres — last year, Mita Gami and Meir Briskman played with an orchestra, and this year they experimented with an unnamed band — putting artists like Tame Impala, Khruangbin and Glass Beams on his lineup wish list.

From Los Angeles Times

Five of the 1992-93 shirt sponsors - Commodore, Fisons, ICI, Mita Copiers and Tulip Computers - have since gone out of business.

From BBC

Soon she is sampling the delights of Punta Mita and mingling with the community’s super-rich residents.

From Los Angeles Times

We didn’t talk about the end of legal abortion in America because that’s not why I flew to Punta Mita to meet him at his mansion, but it hung in the air between us.

From Slate

Oncologists Alain Mita at Cedars-Sinai and Maria Cabanillas at MD Anderson, who had collaborated previously on patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer, determined that Clough’s form of cancer warranted treatment with Keytruda, a drug that stimulates the immune system.

From Los Angeles Times