Landhold

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).

    "This was especially apparent in Galicia where, as a result of the increasing population, the number and proportion of "dwarf" landholds was increasing alarmingly. Ludkiewicz found that of the total rural landholds in 1859, 35.6 percent were ..."

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"This was especially apparent in Galicia where, as a result of the increasing population, the number and proportion of "dwarf" landholds was increasing alarmingly. Ludkiewicz found that of the total rural landholds in 1859, 35.6 percent were ..."

Etymology

From land + hold.

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