hacienda
[hah-see-en-duh; Spanish ah-syen-dah]
- a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- the main house on such an estate.
- a stock raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country.
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Origin of hacienda
1710–20; < Spanish < Latin facienda things to be done or made, neuter plural of faciendus, gerund of facere to do1, make
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Contemporary Examples
At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
Instead I ended my journey via motorcycle, traveling from one hacienda and ranchero to the next while sampling the local flavor.
Historical Examples
They had found him in the cottonwoods below the road not five miles from the hacienda.
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
As ordered, I went to the gates of that hacienda very grand.
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
They feared that their presence had, in some way, become known to the peons of the hacienda.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Hadn't we better, I thought, start at once on foot for the hacienda?
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
I'll search every inch of the island, every road, every hacienda.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
hacienda
- a ranch or large estate
- any substantial stock-raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country
- the main house on such a ranch or plantation
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Word Origin
C18: from Spanish, from Latin facienda things to be done, from facere to do
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Word Origin and History for hacienda
n.
1760, from Spanish hacienda "landed estate, plantation," earlier facienda, from Latin facienda "things to be done," from facere "to do" (see factitious). For noun use of a Latin gerundive, cf. agenda. The owner of one is a hacendado.
The change of Latin f- to Spanish h- is characteristic; e.g. hablar from fabulari, hacer from facere, hecho from factum, hermoso from formosum. Confusion of initial h- and f- was common in 16c. Spanish; the conquistador is known in contemporary records as both Hernando and Fernando Cortés.
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