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- noun Plural form of
hacienda .
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Examples
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There are sprawling haciendas from the 1800s, unusual archways adorning stone bridges, and old stone chapels.
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There are sprawling haciendas from the 1800s, unusual archways adorning stone bridges, and old stone chapels.
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The largest of the haciendas is Hacienda El Carmen with 24 rooms, set in the middle of its own sugar cane plantation.
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The largest of the haciendas is Hacienda El Carmen with 24 rooms, set in the middle of its own sugar cane plantation.
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Follow the trail Padre Hidalgo took, visit the ex-haciendas from the 1600's with fab food, horseback riding, nature trails.
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Marquis de A — o; millionaires – being rich in haciendas and silver-mines; very religious, very charitable, and what is less common here, extremely learned; understanding French, English, German, and even Latin.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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In every family there is some knowledge of simple medicine, very necessary, in haciendas especially, where no physician can possibly be procured.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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Stoned, lean against the railing of my deck and watch the little yellow lights come on inside all the pretty Spanish-style so-called haciendas that dot these back canyon walls.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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Stoned, lean against the railing of my deck and watch the little yellow lights come on inside all the pretty Spanish-style so-called haciendas that dot these back canyon walls.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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There is a feeling of vastness, of solitude, and of dreariness in some of these great haciendas, which is oppressive.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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