'Plantation' definitions:
Definition of 'plantation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
noun
A newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
noun
Definition of 'Plantation'
From: GCIDE
- 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 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. [1913 Webster]
- While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. --B. Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plantation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchorage,
- arable land,
- barnyard,
- barton,
- cattle ranch,
- chicken farm,
- clump,
- collective farm,
- colonization,
- cotton plantation,
- croft,
- crop,
- dairy farm,
- demesne,
- demesne farm,
- dry farm,
- dude ranch,
- empeoplement,
- establishment,
- factory farm,
- fallow,
- farm,
- farmery,
- farmhold,
- farmland,
- farmplace,
- farmstead,
- farmyard,
- fixation,
- foundation,
- fruit farm,
- fur farm,
- grain farm,
- grange,
- grassland,
- growth,
- hacienda,
- hassock,
- homecroft,
- homefarm,
- homestead,
- inauguration,
- inhabiting,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- investiture,
- kibbutz,
- kolkhoz,
- location,
- lodgment,
- mains,
- manor farm,
- mooring,
- orchard,
- pasture,
- pen,
- peoplement,
- peopling,
- planting,
- population,
- poultry farm,
- ranch,
- rancheria,
- rancho,
- settlement,
- settling,
- sheep farm,
- stand,
- station,
- steading,
- stock farm,
- toft,
- truck farm,
- tuft,
- tussock
Plantation, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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)
FIPS code :
57425
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
26.124354 N, 80.249503 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
33317 33324
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Plantation, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Plantation, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000) :
4168
Housing Units (2000) :
2837
Land area (2000) :
2.447822 sq. miles (6.339829 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.003509 sq. miles (0.009087 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.451331 sq. miles (6.348916 sq. km)
FIPS code :
57450
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
27.063568 N, 82.370146 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
33317 33324
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Plantation, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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 code :
61554
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
38.283420 N, 85.591635 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.