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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hacienda \Ha`ci*en"da\ ([aum]`th[-e]*[asl]n"d[.a] or
     h[aum]`s[i^]*[e^]n"d[.a]), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda
     employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is
     to be done, fr. facere to do. See {Fact}.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The main residence of a hacienda[1].
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hacienda
       n 1: a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
       2: the main house on a ranch or large estate

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "hacienda":
     arable land, barnyard, barton, cattle ranch, chicken farm,
     collective farm, cotton plantation, croft, dairy farm, demesne,
     demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch, estate, factory farm, fallow,
     farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard,
     fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange, grassland, home place,
     homecroft, homefarm, homestead, house and grounds, house and lot,
     kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, messuage, orchard,
     pasture, pen, place, plantation, poultry farm, ranch, rancheria,
     rancho, sheep farm, station, steading, stock farm, toft,
     truck farm
  
  

















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