rancheria

American  

[ran-chuh-ree-uh, rahn-che-ree-ah] / ˌræn tʃəˈri ə, ˌrɑn tʃɛˈri ɑ /

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

PLURAL

rancherias

1. a family household unit or settlement.

2. a hut or house where rancheros live.

3. a village of such huts.

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Example Sentences

The Mountain Maidu saw their Greenville Rancheria office and health facilities destroyed and the landscape severely damaged when the Dixie fire tore through the heart of their homelands the following year.

From Los Angeles Times

An annual summer survey of Clear Lake, which normally records hundreds of hitch, netted just four adults and two juveniles last summer, said Luis Santana, a fisheries biologist with the Pomo tribe’s Robinson Rancheria.

From Los Angeles Times

More than a century later, members of the Santa Rosa Rancheria of the Tachi Yokut Tribe live near what was once the lake’s north shore.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Sonoma County wine region, north of San Francisco, a group of vineyards and local agencies is working with the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians on a multimillion-dollar system of pumps and pipes that would grab large gulps of the Russian River during storms and distribute it to growers’ fields.

From New York Times

O’Connell pointed to projects such as the Blue Lake Rancheria tribe’s community microgrid that provides cleaner and more resilient energy for its rural community in Humboldt County, which is known for storms, earthquakes and fires.

From Los Angeles Times