mita

[ mee-tuh ]

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noun

a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mita¹

First recorded in 1720–30; from South American Spanish, from Quechua mit'a literally, “turn, time”

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Example Sentences

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Five of the 1992-93 shirt sponsors - Commodore, Fisons, ICI, Mita Copiers and Tulip Computers - have since gone out of business.

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Soon she is sampling the delights of Punta Mita and mingling with the community’s super-rich residents.

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We didn’t talk about the end of legal abortion in America because that’s not why I flew to Punta Mita to meet him at his mansion, but it hung in the air between us.

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Oncologists Alain Mita at Cedars-Sinai and Maria Cabanillas at MD Anderson, who had collaborated previously on patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer, determined that Clough’s form of cancer warranted treatment with Keytruda, a drug that stimulates the immune system.

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“Her cancer is, at this moment, undetectable and in remission. For anaplastic cancer that’s very unusual,” Dr. Mita told me.

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