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Definitions for: Hacienda [n] the main house on a ranch or large estate
[n] a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
See Also: acres, demesne, estate, hacienda, hacienda, house, land, landed estate
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