gramadan

[ grah-mah-dahn, grah-mah-dahn, grahm-dahn ]
/ grɑˈmɑ dɑn, ˌgrɑ mɑˈdɑn, grɑmˈdɑn /

noun

the practice advocated by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in which village landowners in India transfer the title to and the management of their property to a village assembly that represents the interests of all the villagers.
Also gram·dan [grahm-dahn] /grɑmˈdɑn/.

Origin of gramadan

1955–60; < Hindi grāmadān, equivalent to grāma village + dān gift, donation

Words nearby gramadan

gram-positive, gram-schmidt orthogonalization, gram-variable, gram., grama, gramadan, gramarye, gramercy, gramicidin, gramineous, graminicolous