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
In the estancias there are 80,000 head of cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well satisfied were Uruguay's rural million and a half who raise sheep and cattle on its rolling pastures, doze under the trees in front of white plaster estancias.
From Time Magazine Archive
The animals roamed from their estancias, and wandering far to the southward, were mingled together in such multitudes that a government commission was sent from Buenos Ayres to settle the disputes of the owners.
From The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World by Charles Tomlinson
