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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plantation 
  n  :  an  estate  where  cash  crops  are  grown  on  a  large  scale 
  (especially  in  tropical  areas) 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Plantation,  FL  (CDP,  FIPS  57440) 
  Location:  27.06788  N,  82.37315  W 
  Population  (1990):  1885  (1617  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Plantation,  FL  (city,  FIPS  57425) 
  Location:  26.12550  N,  80.26161  W 
  Population  (1990):  66692  (29399  housing  units) 
  Area:  56.3  sq  km  (land),  0.5  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  33317,  33324 
  Plantation,  KY  (city,  FIPS  61554) 
  Location:  38.28310  N,  85.59401  W 
  Population  (1990):  830  (328  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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