English Explanatory Dictionary

Fordlandia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company
  2. A district of Aveiro, Pará, Brazil.

Word forms

Fordlandia

Etymology

From Ford + land + -ia, from being founded by the Ford Motor Company.

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