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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Vocabulary lists containing hacienda
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
Last summer, the Spanish Colonial-style hacienda was saved by the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
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
Their father had done everything he could to make the centuries-old hacienda feel like a modern home.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
This is the “old California” image that caught the nation’s fancy: haciendas, grandees in silver- and gold-trimmed clothes, riding costly horses and betting fortunes on a card.
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
Dozens of the sisal haciendas outside Mérida have been renovated as resorts.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
The mines supported sprawling haciendas, estates housing bosses and business operations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2017
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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