Definitions for haciendaˌhɑ siˈɛn də

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ha•ci•en•da*ˌhɑ siˈɛn də(n.)(pl.)-das.

  1. (v.t.)a large landed estate, esp. one used for farming or ranching.

  2. the main house on such an estate.

* (in Spanish America).

Origin of hacienda:

1710–20; < Sp

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hacienda(noun)

    a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries

  2. hacienda(noun)

    the main house on a ranch or large estate

Wiktionary

  1. hacienda(Noun)

    a large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hacienda(noun)

    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


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

exchequer(noun)

the government department in charge of the nation's finances.

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