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reducida

Reducida is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective reducido, meaning reduced, diminished, or made smaller. In everyday language it describes something that has been decreased in size, amount, or scope, as in una población reducida or una fuerza reducida. It can also function in contexts such as statistics, economics, or geography to indicate a smaller scale or scope.

In historical and anthropological usage, reducción (plural reducciones) refers to a type of settlement established during

Geographically, the name reductions or places called La Reducida or Reducción appear in various parts of Latin

the
Spanish
colonization
of
the
Americas.
Indigenous
populations
were
relocated
from
dispersed
villages
into
centralized
towns
under
missionary
and
civil
administration,
with
the
aim
of
facilitating
conversion
to
Christianity,
taxation,
and
control.
The
people
living
in
these
settlements
were
often
described
as
reducidos.
One
of
the
most
studied
examples
are
the
Jesuit
reductions
of
the
Guaraní
in
the
Río
de
la
Plata
basin
(present-day
Paraguay,
southern
Brazil,
and
parts
of
Argentina)
during
the
17th
and
18th
centuries.
The
reductions
had
significant
cultural,
demographic,
and
social
consequences,
including
changes
in
housing,
labor
organization,
and
intergroup
relations.
America
and
Spain,
reflecting
historical
settlement
patterns
or
fortifications.
In
modern
usage,
reducida
mainly
appears
in
historical,
regional,
or
linguistic
contexts,
and
as
the
feminine
form
of
the
adjective
in
standard
Spanish.
See
also
reducción
and
reducciones
for
related
terms.