maquila
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Definition of maquila
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L.
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noun
- Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L.
- Synonym of maquiladora, a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts.
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of makila, a kind of walking stick.
“I would give one of my fingers to have your milord out on the mountains, and each of us with a maquila in his fist.”
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Etymology
From Spanish maquila, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). In reference to factories, via Spanish clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (“to assemble”) + -adora (“-ator: forming agent nouns”), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain. Also understood as a clipping within English.
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