rancheria
Americannoun
plural
rancherias-
a family household unit or settlement.
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a hut or house where rancheros live.
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a village of such huts.
Example Sentences
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The land is part of the original tract that the U.S. government purchased in 1928 to establish the rancheria, or small reservation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
In just one year, 2018, the rancheria said it gave more than $1.2 million to community organizations, helping serve the homeless and victims of the Carr Fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
In 1939, the Wintu, Pit River, Yana and other Indigenous peoples formed a rancheria government.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
The friction is exacerbated by the peculiar history of the Redding Rancheria — and by opponents’ 11th-hour invocation of the Sacramento River massacre, 19 years after the rancheria began to assemble parcels for the project.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
This rancheria had 35 houses, some of which were 40 to 50 paces in circumference.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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