hacienda
Americannoun
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haciendas
plural
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a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
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the main house on such an estate.
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a stock raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country.
noun
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a ranch or large estate
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any substantial stock-raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country
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the main house on such a ranch or plantation
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Etymology
Origin of hacienda
1710–20; < Spanish < Latin facienda things to be done or made, neuter plural of faciendus, gerund of facere to do 1, make
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Mexico - Introductory
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Mexico - Middle School
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A lawyer educated in Britain and France, she has impressed visiting U.S. officials over elaborate dinners at a restored coffee hacienda in Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
While Moreno-Garcia's book mentions "importing hacienda workers from China. I have not read the book, and do not know whether this would be considered 'negative.'"
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
Word that the gated, four-bedroom hacienda at the end of a cul-de-sac was slated to be torn town sparked expressions of outrage on social media, the Times reported.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2023
Shortly after seeing his work in Lima, a Mexican mining businessman hired him to create something for his hacienda.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Farmer climbed back in the car, and we continued on to the hacienda, once owned by a wealthy family that had fled the country when Castro came to power.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
These brief decades were glamorized by a huge bestseller, an 1884 novel called “Ramona,” by Helen Hunt Jackson, who had been a guest at one of the great haciendas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2021
Those often evolved into the even larger haciendas, the size of whole states back in Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The mines supported sprawling haciendas, estates housing bosses and business operations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2017
During their stay, they visited Mayan ruins and old haciendas and got a taste of local food and culture.
From Forbes ● Sep. 10, 2014
He said, for those willing, there was always work on the coffee haciendas.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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