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/plan tay"sheuhn/, n.a town in S Florida. 48,501.
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Plantation
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plantation — [ plɑ̃tasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe, rare av. XVIe; planteson 1190; lat. plantatio I ♦ 1 ♦ Action, manière de planter. Plantation à la bêche, au plantoir. Faire des plantations dans un jardin. La plantation d un arbre. Plantation en ligne, en carré, en… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Plantation — Plantation, FL U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 82934 Housing Units (2000): 34999 Land area (2000): 21.737874 sq. miles (56.300832 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.193331 sq. miles (0.500726 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.931205 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Plantation — bezeichnet: mehrere Ortschaften in den Vereinigten Staaten: Plantation (Broward County), Florida Plantation (Sarasota County), Florida Plantation (Kentucky) Umsiedlungen in der Geschichte Irlands, siehe Plantation (Irland). eine Verwaltungsform… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Plantation, FL — U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 82934 Housing Units (2000): 34999 Land area (2000): 21.737874 sq. miles (56.300832 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.193331 sq. miles (0.500726 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.931205 sq. miles (56.801558 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Plantation — Plan*ta tion, n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plantation, KY — U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 902 Housing Units (2000): 375 Land area (2000): 0.201770 sq. miles (0.522582 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.201770 sq. miles (0.522582 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
plantation — [plan tā′shən] n. [L plantatio < plantare, to PLANT] 1. Archaic a colony or new settlement ☆ 2. an area growing cultivated crops 3. an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it [a sugar plantation] 4.… … English World dictionary
plantation — (n.) mid 15c., action of planting, from M.Fr. plantation, from L. plantationem (nom. plantatio) a planting, from plantare to plant (see PLANT (Cf. plant)). Historically used for colony, settlement in a new land (1610s); meaning large farm on… … Etymology dictionary
Plantation — Plantation, Hafenplatz und Dampferstation in Südkamerun, nahe der Mündung des Lokundsche … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
plantation — [n] large farm estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, orchard, ranch, vineyard; concepts 258,449,509,517 … New thesaurus
plantation — ► NOUN 1) a large estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown. 2) an area in which trees have been planted … English terms dictionary
