latifundio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish latifundio. Doublet of latifundium.

noun

  1. A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium.“In our time latifundios south of Bahia—from the Recôncavo region to the state of Espirito Santo, between the littoral lowlands and the mountain chain along the coast—still supply raw material for a good part of the world's chocolate consumption.”