English-Thai Dictionary

plantation

N สวน  ไร่  นา  ฟาร์ม  พื้นที่เพาะปลูก  estate manor ranch suan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLANTATION

n.[L. plantatio, from planto, to plant. ] 1. The act of planting or setting in the earth for growth.
2. The place planted; applied to ground planted with trees, as an orchard or the like.
3. In the United States and the West Indies, a cultivated estate; a farm. In the United States, this word is applied to an estate, a tract of land occupied and cultivated, in those states only where the labor is performed by slaves, and where the land is more or less appropriated to the culture of tobacco, rice, indigo and cotton, that is, from Maryland to Georgia inclusive, on the Atlantic, and in the western states where the land is appropriated to the same articles or to the culture of the sugar cane. From Maryland, northward and eastward, estates in land are called farms.
4. An original settlement in a new country; a town or village planted.
While these plantations were forming in Connecticut--
5. A colony.
6. A first planting; introduction; establishment; as the plantation of christianity in England.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLANTATION

Plan *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation. ]

 

1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.]

 

2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp. , in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

 

3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. B. Trumbull.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Plantation

Plan ta tion |planˈtāSHən plænˌteɪʃən | a city in southeastern Florida, west of Fort Lauderdale; pop. 83,628 (est. 2008 ).

 

plantation

plan ta tion |planˈtāSHən plænˈteɪʃən | ▶noun [ often with modifier ] an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor. • an area in which trees have been planted, esp. for commercial purposes. • historical a colony. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the action of planting seeds ): from Latin plantatio (n- ), from the verb plantare ‘to plant. ’

 

plantation song

plan |ta ¦tion song ▶noun a song of the kind formerly sung by black slaves on American plantations.

 

Oxford Dictionary

plantation

plan |ta ¦tion |planˈteɪʃ (ə )n, plɑːn -| ▶noun 1 an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown. • an area in which trees have been planted, especially for commercial purposes. 2 [ mass noun ] colonization or settlement of emigrants, especially of English and then Scottish families in Ireland in the 16th –17th centuries under government sponsorship. • historical a colony. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the action of planting seeds ): from Latin plantatio (n- ), from the verb plantare ‘to plant ’.

 

Plantation

Plan ta tion |planˈtāSHən plænˌteɪʃən | a city in southeastern Florida, west of Fort Lauderdale; pop. 83,628 (est. 2008 ).

 

plantation song

plan |ta ¦tion song ▶noun a song of the kind formerly sung by black slaves on American plantations.

 

Duden Dictionary

Plantationsong

Plan ta tion song , Plan ta tion-Song Substantiv, maskulin Geschichte , der Plantation-Song |plænˈteɪʃən … plænˈteɪʃən …|der Plantationsong; Genitiv: des Plantationsongs, Plural: die Plantationsongs der Plantation-Song; Genitiv: des Plantation-Songs, Plural: die Plantation-Songs amerikanisch Arbeitslied der afroamerikanischen Sklaven auf den Baumwollplantagen in den Südstaaten der USA

 

French Dictionary

plantation

plantation n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de planter. : La plantation d ’un conifère. 2 Terrain planté d ’arbres, souvent d ’une espèce particulière. : Une érablière est une plantation d ’érables. 3 Exploitation agricole des pays tropicaux. : Une plantation de coton.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plantation

plan ta tion /plæntéɪʃ (ə )n |plɑːn -/→plant 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 大農園 , 大農場 〘 (亜 )熱帯地方のゴム 綿花などを栽培する大農場 〙▸ a cotton plantation 綿花栽培農園 2 C 植林地 , 造林地 .3 C 〘史 〙植民地 ; U 植民地化 , 大農園制 , プランテーション .