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piantagione

/pjan.taˈdʒo.ne/noun · feminineC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 8,344

Meaning

plantation

  • a large agricultural estate cultivated for cash crops like tea, coffee, or cotton
  • the act or method of planting crops

In a sentence

Hanno visitato un'antica piantagione di canna da zucchero.

They visited an old sugar cane plantation.

Quante persone lavorano in questa piantagione di cotone?

How many people work on this cotton plantation?

La piantagione non ha prodotto un buon raccolto quest'anno.

The plantation did not yield a good harvest this year.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
piantagionefeminine · singular
piantagionifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Feminine noun ending in '-one', taking '-oni' in the plural.
  • Commonly followed by 'di' and the crop: 'piantagione di caffè', 'piantagione di cotone'.

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