Ayllu

/ˈaɪjuː/ noun

In Andean South American Indigenous cultures, a basic social and kinship unit of community that shares land and resources collectively.

From Quechua 'ayllu' or 'aillo', a fundamental term in pre-Columbian Andean societies referring to kinship groups organized around shared territory and mutual obligation.

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