hacienda

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  1. noun A large estate or plantation in Spanish-speaking countries.
  2. noun The house of the owner of such an estate.

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  • We passed close by the skirts of Palos, and drove to the hacienda, which is situated some little distance from the village, between it and the river. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • General Aguinaldo's emissary told me to meet him the following day at a Spanish hacienda, the Buen-venida, near the barrio of San Mariano, about thirty miles to the south. —  Blood Brothers
  • That hacienda was attacked by Petion and his band in the early hours of this morning, and--as Carlos has doubtless already told you--Petion was killed during the attack, while Senor Delamere subsequently fell into the hands of Mateo, Petion's second-in-command, who very thoughtfully sent him on to us Now, Senor Delamere, being, although still very young, a naval officer of considerable experience and undoubted courage, will be an acquisition of the utmost value to us if we can but succeed in inducing him to join us--and I have hopes, very great hopes of doing so. —  A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
  • Moreover, Hallock's hacienda was a bachelor establishment and in Limasito there were girls; girls with blue eyes and black hair and incredibly white skin, who looked a man straight in the eyes and made him feel as if maybe he'd found a friend That blue adobe house on the southern end of the square began to loom large in the architecture of Limasito. —  The Fifth Ace
  • I recollected a sort of errand-boy attached to the hacienda, and whom I had seen more than once at the rancheria. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
 

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  1. Spanish, from Latin facienda, things to be done, from neuter pl. gerundive of facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Spanish, landed property, lands, estate, Old Spanish facienda, employment, estate, from Latin facienda, things to be done, neuter plural of faciendus, to be done, ger. of facere, do: see fact.
 

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/æsɪˈɛndɑ/
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