hacienda

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

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noun,plural ha·ci·en·das

[hah-see-en-duhz; 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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How to use hacienda in a sentence

hacienda and one doctor did not announce how much they paid.
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At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.
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We could hear the rush of the river from the old hacienda we were using as a location.
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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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His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.
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We have still three hours of night; let us profit by them to rest, in order to be ready to start for the hacienda at sunrise.
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From that night we were accorded all the privileges of honored guests in the great hacienda.
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He belonged to a hacienda in Bernalillo, a hundred miles or more west of Santa Fé.
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The wealthy elite sons and daughters of the hacienda studied at institutions of higher learning abroad.
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British Dictionary definitions for hacienda

hacienda

/ (ˌhæsɪˈɛndə) /

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

Origin of hacienda

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

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