Hacienda 601 Words You Need to Know
/ha sjɛn da/ (noun)
Definition
a large estate especially in a Spanish-speaking country with a house in it, farmstead, stud, farm, ranch
Example
A hacienda, in the colonies of the Spanish Empire, is an estate, similar to a Roman latifundium. Some haciendas were plantations, mines or factories. Many haciendas combined these activities. The word is derived from the Spanish verb “hacer” or its gerund “haciendo”, from Latin “facer”, meaning ‘to make’ and ‘making’ respectively, and were largely business enterprises consisting of various money-making ventures including raising farm animals and maintaining orchards.
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