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mailo

The English word “mailo” has 1 meaning listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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