Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rural property, especially a large farm or ranch, in Spanish America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fixed property; real estate.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The finca is a cooperative organic coffee farm that also runs a hostal.
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A "finca" is perhaps the closest to the term farm in its European sense, a few acres including a few fields and some cattle. "hacienda" has an old tenure connotation, a certain prestige even if the "hacienda" lost most of its glamour and lands!
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Despite their generous tithing, the Beltran Leyvas 'cover was blown December 11th when a newly-coordinated Marine unit raided a narco-fiesta at a "finca" (hacienda) in Tepotzlan Morelos, a community with many writers, artists, and Mexico City intellectuals in residence.
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news 2010
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Despite their generous tithing, the Beltran Leyvas 'cover was blown December 11th when a newly-coordinated Marine unit raided a narco-fiesta at a "finca" (hacienda) in Tepotzlan Morelos, a community with many writers, artists, and Mexico City intellectuals in residence.
CounterPunch 2010
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My grandfather always had a farm, or finca , very near Madrid and my mother then inherited it, and we have been going there since we were very little.
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Practices Staying in Bed Javier Espinoza 2011
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Im sure you could ask there about going into a finca and seeing and learning more about the coffee making process, etc.
Tapachula vs. Tuxtla 2010
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Im sure you could ask there about going into a finca and seeing and learning more about the coffee making process, etc.
Tapachula vs. Tuxtla 2010
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• Calle E No 158 B, between Calles 9a and Calzada, Vedado +537 833 1425At first glance, chill-out bar and grill La Campana seems more like an upmarket finca farm than anything else.
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Im sure you could ask there about going into a finca and seeing and learning more about the coffee making process, etc.
Tapachula vs. Tuxtla 2010
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Im sure you could ask there about going into a finca and seeing and learning more about the coffee making process, etc.
Tapachula vs. Tuxtla 2010
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