Rancheria

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans.

    "The springs are so few in number that their names are household words in every Indian rancheria and every settler's home; and there are no brooks, no creeks, and no rivers but the trunk of the Colorado and the trunk of the Gila."

  2. 2
    A political division denoting a small poor rural settlement. Philippines, historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rancherĂ­a. Doublet of rancherie.

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