🔤 Encomienda ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
Land Grant System, Feudal System, Iqtaadari Nizam
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ENGLISH
📚noun
encomienda
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: ɛnˌkoʊmɪˈɛndə
Phonetic: en-koh-mee-EN-duh
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DEFINITION
A Grant by the Spanish Crown to a Colonist in America Conferring the Right to Demand Tribute and Forced Labor From the Indian Inhabitants of an Area. A Feudal System in Spanish Colonies.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The encomienda system was a brutal form of forced labor during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Many indigenous people suffered greatly under the encomienda, being exploited for their labor and resources.
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ANTONYMS
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