Plural of cabildo; multiple town councils or municipal governments, typically in Spanish-speaking regions.
The Spanish plural of 'cabildo,' following Spanish '-s' pluralization. It entered English as a historical and administrative term describing colonial governance.
In colonial Latin America, cabildos became surprisingly powerful—they represented settlers' interests against the crown and were often the first democratic institutions in their regions, planting seeds for later independence movements.
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