noun, feminine/reduɡˈθjon/plural: reducciones
reduction; in Spanish America, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population
Synonyms: rebaja
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin redūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin reductiōnembor. Spanish reducción Borrowed from Latin reductiōnem.