plantation
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plantation¹
- /plænˈteɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō.
noun plantations
- A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of fo
- An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate. She used to bound through the plantations, her eye first caught by one object, then another, gazing round for something to admire and to love. Now she walked slowly, her eyes fixed on the ground, as if, in all the wide fair world, there was nothing to attract nor to interest.
- The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization. Had I plantation of this Iſle my Lord.
- A colony established thus. Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (former official name of Rhode Island, United States)
Plantation²
proper noun
- A city in Broward County, Florida, named after the Everglades Plantation Co.
- A census-designated place in Sarasota County, Florida.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: farmer, farm, farming, field, agriculture, cultivation, ranch, replanting, sowing, planting, orchard, coffee, weed, tree, plant, growing
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Every language
noun large farm
| Español | plantación, plantío |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재배지 jaebaeji, 플랜테이션 peullaenteisyeon |
| 日本語 | プランテーション purantēshon, 農園 nōen, 栽培所 saibaijo |
| 中文 | 種植園 /种植园 zhòngzhíyuán |
| हिन्दी | बाग़ान bāġān, वृक्षारोपण vŕkṣāropaṇ |
| Kiswahili | shamba |
| Português | plantação, fazenda |
| Français | plantation |
| Deutsch | Plantage |
| Italiano | piantagione |
| Ελληνικά | φυτεία fyteía |
| Română | plantație, plantare |
| Русский | планта́ция plantácija |
| Tiếng Việt | đồn điền |
| العربية | مَزْرَعَة mazraʕa |
noun area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
| 中文 | 植被 zhíbèi |
|---|---|
| Русский | насажде́ние nasaždénije |
| עברית | מַטָּע matá |
Talk about this word "plantation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plantation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. plantation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plantation "plantation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plantation.Cite this
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title = {plantation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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