Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hacienda"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hacienda
n 1: a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
2: the main house on a ranch or large estate
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