noun
hacienda
hah-see-EN-duh/ˌhɑːsiˈendə/
A large estate or residence in Spanish or Southwestern style.
The hacienda has a tiled roof and an adjoining courtyard.
Etymology
The ancestral expression meant “things to be done,” but the word came to name a landed estate or plantation. The English ranch sense preserves this property meaning rather than the original reference to tasks.
In context
Attempts to break up the hacienda system in the Philippines through land reform laws during the second half of the 1900s have not been successful. There were protests related to the Hacienda Luisita.
More examples
- Their Arizona hacienda has room for the whole extended family.
- We rented a hacienda with a shaded courtyard for the wedding.
- Several restored haciendas now welcome overnight guests.
Forms
hacienda · haciendas