noun
pl. -·cas an estate or plantation in Spain or Spanish America
Origin of finca
Spanish from fincar, to buy real estate from Vulgar Latin an unverified form figicare, to attach: see fishplatefinca
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finca
noun
A rural property, especially a large farm or ranch, in Spanish America.
Origin of finca
American Spanish from Spanish real estate from Old Spanish fincar to pitch tents, reside from Vulgar Latin fīgicāre to fasten from Latin fīgere ; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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