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Definition of Hacienda
1. Noun. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
2. Noun. The main house on a ranch or large estate.
Definition of Hacienda
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hacienda
1. Noun. a large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hacienda
1. an estate [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hacienda
1. 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. Origin: Sp, fr. OSp. Facienda employment, estate, fr. L. Facienda, pl. Of faciendum what is to be done, fr. Facere to do. See Fact. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hacienda
Literary usage of Hacienda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"These pistols had never shown any particular antipathy to Indians, and had never
shot one before ; but, hurrying back to the hacienda, we found the poor ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Republic (fsl), Sec. de hacienda, cont'd. de 24 de Noviembre de 1849, publicado
por bando el 26 de marzo de 1850. México, Imprenta de VG Torres, 1850. 62 p. ..."
3. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"The hacienda was only valuable from its vicinity to ... of the Senores Aycinena
were at the hacienda to superintend the operations. ..."
4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"We crossed over to the hacienda de San Isidro, situated at the very foot of ...
1 r - **&:i^ 5 -:& hacienda, CONDOR, CACTUS, ETC. southward ; in these the ..."
5. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposed Interoceanic by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"... THUNDER-STORM—THE ORACION—hacienda OF SAX ANTONIO ... teries of hacienda life,
we had at once accepted. l"p to tliu tinw, however (Sept. ..."
6. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"Parras—Its vineyards—Numerous springs—Orchards—Plantations of the Agave—Extent
of its cultivation—Pulque—hacienda Arriba—Its extensive wine vaults and ..."
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