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hacienda Definition

☆ ha·ci·enda (hä′sē en′də, has′ē-)

noun

in Spanish America,

  1. a large estate, ranch, or plantation
  2. the main dwelling on any of these

Etymology: Sp < OSp facienda, employment, estate < L, things to be done < facere: see do

hacienda Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • convert: This family run converted tea hacienda has a bird list of around 600 species.

Adjective modifier

  • colonial: Overnight at the enchanting, colonial hacienda San Agustin de Callo, uniquely built on and around Inca ruins.
  • old: Back to the old hacienda Once home to Mexico's jute barons, Yucatan's colonial estates now attract a ritzy crowd.
  • Mexican: All of this in an old, beautiful Mexican hacienda.
  • converted: Day 8 This family-run converted tea hacienda has a bird list of over 500 species.
  • beautiful: All of this in an old, beautiful Mexican hacienda.
  • great: Yucatan's jungle had devoured that story, just as it had the cities of the Maya and the great haciendas.

Modifies a noun

  • hotel: The Europa Hotel is a modern hacienda style hotel built round a central garden.
  • style: The Europa Hotel is a modern hacienda style hotel built round a central garden.
  • tenant: Even hacienda tenants who didn't join the Insurgent army refused to pay their rents once the landlords lost their coercive power.

Noun used with modifier

  • tea: This family run converted tea hacienda has a bird list of around 600 species.
  • budget: There are loads of hotels to choose from to suit every pocket from the budget hacienda to 6 star luxury resorts.
  • sisal: The Macaris, like the ancient Mayan cities and abandoned sisal haciendas, seemed forever lost.
  • luxury: Yucatan's hammocks are as ubiquitous as its ants, even in luxury hacienda hotels.