hacienda
noun
a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
haciendas
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pluralof hacienda.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Those often evolved into the even larger haciendas, the size of whole states back in Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Like the other haciendas in the area it was once part of a henequen ranch.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
The landscape was what drew people to Utuado, where coffee haciendas were built by “black gold” in the 19th century, funding the island’s first electric light system run by a hydraulic power plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
He also gives tours of the town and takes people on guided hikes, bike trips or drives to basalt cliffs, waterfalls, haciendas, hamlets and vistas.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2017
Tres Marias was one of the last haciendas in the South to be expropriated under the agrarian reform.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
