English Explanatory Dictionary

mailo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on hereditarily, without possibility of the ownership being contested.

Word forms

mailo mailos

Etymology

From mile. These areas were originally divided up by square miles.

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