ejido
noun
eji·do
eˈḵēt͟hō,
eˈhē-
plural ejidos
-ōs
1
: a tract of land held in common by the inhabitants of a Mexican village and farmed cooperatively or individually : common
2
: a Mexican village having an ejido
3
: a system of communal land tenure in Mexico compare hacienda
Word History
Etymology
Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, common land in a village used for pasturage or threshing, from Latin exitus departure, way out