hacienda

[hah-see-en-duh; Spanish ah-syen-dah]

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noun, plural ha·ci·en·das

[hah-see-en-duh z; Spanish ah-syen-dahs] /ˌhɑ siˈɛn dəz; Spanish ɑˈsyɛn dɑs/. (in Spanish America)

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.

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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Related Words for hacienda

farmhouse, plantation, mansion, ranch

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Contemporary Examples of hacienda

At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
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January 3, 2015
Instead I ended my journey via motorcycle, traveling from one hacienda and ranchero to the next while sampling the local flavor.
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Historical Examples of hacienda

They had found him in the cottonwoods below the road not five miles from the hacienda.
The Treasure Trail
Marah Ellis Ryan
As ordered, I went to the gates of that hacienda very grand.
The Treasure Trail
Marah Ellis Ryan
Hadn't we better, I thought, start at once on foot for the hacienda?
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
They feared that their presence had, in some way, become known to the peons of the hacienda.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
I'll search every inch of the island, every road, every hacienda.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

British Dictionary definitions for hacienda

hacienda

noun (in Spain or Spanish-speaking countries)

1. a ranch or large estate
2. any substantial stock-raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country
the main house on such a ranch or plantation

Word Origin for hacienda

C18: from Spanish, from Latin facienda things to be done, from facere to do

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Word Origin and History for hacienda

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.