Definition of Maquila

1. a foreign-owned assembly factory in Mexico [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maquila

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maps out
mapstick
mapsticks
mapvertising
mapwise
mapwork
maqaf
maqam
maqamat
maqams
maque choux
maquette
maquettes
maqui
maquila (current term)
maquiladora
maquiladoras
maquilas
maquillage
maquillages
maquis
mar
mara
marabaraba
marabi
marabou
marabou stork
marabous
marabout

Literary usage of Maquila

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"304 Red Centroamericana de Mujeres en Solidaridad con las Trabajadoras de maquila (Central American Network of Women in Solidarity with maquila Workers), ..."

2. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"derecho de molienda, maquila. to —, pagar peaje. ... disk, — /uf, medida de maquila. — fiée, libre de peaje. toller (mol ) maquilador. ..."

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