estancia
noun
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
estancias
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pluralof estancia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The most far-reaching legislation of all was an inheritance law that provided that each heir must get an equal share of the land, thus assuring the eventual breakdown of the huge estancias.
From Time Magazine Archive
We slept at one of the great estancias of General Rosas.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
