Hacienda

/ˌhæsiˈɛndə/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

    "The hot day was over, and the light failing rapidly, when Appleby, who had just finished comida, sat by a window of the hacienda San Cristoval with an English newspaper upon his knee."

  2. 2
    the main house on a ranch or large estate wordnet
  3. 3
    a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries wordnet

Example

More examples

"Warm sunlight lay upon the hacienda called Casa Grande."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacienda. Doublet of faena and fazenda.

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