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Definition of "landholdings" []

  • Plural form of landholding. (noun)

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Use "landholdings" in a sentence
  • "This shows that what he wants is to set up huge landholdings, which is why he brought tycoons from around the world to"
  • "There are very few large landholdings in Timor, with the exception of the colonial-era coffee plantations in the central mountain districts."
  • "The reason Chiapas/Soconusco is a part of Mexico today instead of Guatemala is because the owners of the vast landholdings enslaving the indigenous who worked endlessly to protect their privileges under penalty of death, voted to join the Mexican Republic in order to protect those holdings in what they considered to be a more stable political structure."