kȯ|münə|thä(th) noun
( plural comunida·des ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈthä(ˌ)thās)
Etymology: Spanish, community, from Latin communitat-, communitas — more at community
: a relatively independent Peruvian Indian community that developed out of the ayllu, constituted a collective social and economic unit, and also formed an intermediate administrative unit