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UK
/hˌɑːsɪˈɛndɐ/
]
[ US /ˌhæsiˈɛndə/ ]
[ US /ˌhæsiˈɛndə/ ]
NOUN
- the main house on a ranch or large estate
- a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
How To Use hacienda In A Sentence
- I am interested in locating other old hacienda ruins such as La Cienega del Carmen (near Parras) discussed by Rolly. Old Hacienda Ruins
- Through the dense trees I could see purple bougainvillea shivering against the stucco of the hacienda-style buildings. SILENT JOE
- Its hissing and spitting natural geyser is located seven kilometers southeast of the former Jalisco hacienda of El Carmen. Trees, shadows, steam and the rays of the early morning sun combine to cast an eerie spell over the hot river of Los Hervores. Its hissing and spitting natural geyser is located seven kilometers southeast of the former Jalisco hacienda of El Carmen. © Joh
- Most of these worked as domestics and laborers in urban areas, although some toiled on rural farms and haciendas.
- The Hacienda La Pacifica resort complex, adjacent to these preserves, is popular with birders for the natural habitat along the river right on its grounds, where boat-billed herons come to roost.
- Indigenous people in Chimborazo who were unable to meet their tribute or whose land was expropriated eventually became tied to the region's haciendas in a system of debt servitude that lasted until an agrarian reform in 1964.
- Afterall, Hooky spent more time at the Hacienda and the Dry Bar than most and is therefore better qualified to comment, even if, at his own admission, much of the time spent there was slightly blurred by "overindulgence". New Order Information Service
- Despite their generous tithing, the Beltran Leyvas 'cover was blown December 11th when a newly-coordinated Marine unit raided a narco-fiesta at a "finca" (hacienda) in Tepotzlan Morelos, a community with many writers, artists, and Mexico City intellectuals in residence. Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news
- MexConnect. com Forums: Specific Focus: Home Exchange/Rent/Sale: This hacienda is a good place for a business This hacienda is a good place for a business
- Those in control of their haciendas, called hacendados, treated people on their lands by a system known in the Sierra as the huasipungo (described by western scholars as ‘landed slavery’).