estancia
Americannoun
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estancias
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of estancia
First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin American Spanish: “ranch,” Spanish: “dwelling”
Example Sentences
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Strip away the Humvees and athletic fields, and the base could be an Argentine estancia, home to gauchos instead of guardsmen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
"Well-informed sources," the paper said, are sure that the late Duce's son arrived in January on a freighter and bought a great big. estancia, which he calls "New Italy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Seven executive committeemen of Vargas' Labor Party flew south to his estancia to tell him that their convention would nominate him this week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meantime there was no sign of the Pereyra Iraola child and in many an estancia chapel prayers went up for his safety.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw the estancia as he’d never seen it before.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Vaqueros once ate something like it on cattle drives across the estancias of South Texas, through the Rio Grande Valley, where Tex-Mex, or Texas Mexican, has its roots.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
Soon the page filled up with the names of sights: national parks, caves full of prehistoric paintings, estancias.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
The original estancias were carved from the wilderness in the early 19th century by an adventurous breed of Spanish, British, Italian and Irish immigrants.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the estancias there are 80,000 head of cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
While we stood here he pointed out the conspicuous objects on the surface of the surrounding country, telling me the names of the estancias, rivers, distant hills, and other things.
From The Purple Land by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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