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Hacienda - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hacienda : (noun)
1: a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
2: the main house on a ranch or large estate
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hacienda : \Ha`ci*en"da\ (? or ?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda
employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is
to be done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.]
A large estate where work of any kind is done, as
agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a
cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a
farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a
word used in Spanish-American regions.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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