caneland

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noun

Land used for the growing of sugar cane.

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Meanings

nouncaneland (plural canelands)

plural canelands

  1. Land used for the growing of sugar cane.

    According to William McMahon's map of 1828, 44 percent of the island was caneland.

    1984, B W Higman, Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834
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    This reflects a considerable local migration from the peasant areas of the parish into the canelands.

    1965, Lawrence Alan Eyre, Land and Population in the Sugar Belt of Jamaica

Origin

From cane + land.

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APA

caneland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caneland

MLA

“caneland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caneland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caneland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caneland.

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