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.

RELATED WORDS

farmhouse, plantation, mansion, ranch

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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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Examples from the Web for hacienda

At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
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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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Passing through the silent village they reached a long building which Gomez said was the Romanez hacienda.
The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss
To go to that hacienda where Gallardo's family spent a part of the year!
The Blood of the Arena|Vicente Blasco Ibez

School attendance dropped in towns and cities; on the hacienda every hint of learning stopped.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett
The same authority also mentions some ruined buildings on the hacienda of San Miguel.
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Adair now had the girls by the arm and was taking them back to the hacienda.
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British Dictionary definitions for hacienda

hacienda

noun (in Spain or Spanish-speaking countries)

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

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

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.