sesmaria

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From sesma (“sixth”) + -aria. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sesmaria f (plural sesmarias) fallow land (Brazil, historical) land distributed in a captaincy (for cultivation) === Further reading === “sesmaria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “sesmaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “sesmaria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026