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ejido

/ɛˈhiːdəʊ/ UK
/ɛˈhidoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -iːdəʊ

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ejido, from Latin exitus (“departure”), an early borrowing from Latin. Doublet of exit and exitus.

noun ejidos

A Mexican cooperative farm. Ejidos are land-grant communities organized by the federal government. Each family has a plot, which cannot be sold and can only be inherited by one person. Each ejido member has a vote at ejido meetings.

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@misc{ejido_2026,
  title = {ejido},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ejido},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}