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How to pronounce hacienda in English?

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Type Words
Type of acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate
Type Words
Type of house

Examples of hacienda

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Those patronizing remarks sound as if they came from the overseer of a hacienda.
From the dailyherald.com
The magnificent private hacienda, Tekik de Regil, is an excellent wedding venue.
From the sfgate.com
The religious ceremony took place a couple of days later, in a second hacienda.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A large courtyard sits at the center of the hacienda-style home, built in 1936.
From the latimes.com
Houses are mostly older, hacienda-style adobe with enclosed private courtyards.
From the usatoday.com
We spent a night in Los Alamos, where we stayed in an old hacienda for about $15.
From the sfgate.com
Hacienda Zuleta lies in the foothills of the Andes at an altitude of about 2800m.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This fabulously restored hacienda north of town is a luxury inn and restaurant.
From the online.wsj.com
We had no money left for woodcarvings, so it was back to the hacienda for tea.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
  • The main house on a ranch or large estate
  • Hacienda is a Spanish word for an estate. Some haciendas were plantations, mines, or even business factories. Many haciendas combined these productive activities. ...
  • The Hacienda was a Paradise, Nevada hotel/casino that operated on the Las Vegas Strip from 1956 to 1996. It was one of four Hacienda properties owned by Standard Motels, Inc., with the other three being located in Fresno, Bakersfield, and Indio, California. ...
  • The Hacienda is the current name for a hotel in Monterey County, California that was completed in 1930 for use by William Randolph Hearst as temporary housing for his employees and guests and headquarters for activities taking place on the surrounding land. ...
  • A large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence
  • (haciendas) Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World; produced agricultural products for consumers in America; basis of wealth and power for local aristocracy. (p. 592)
  • The Mexican and Spanish Tax Office.
  • The Spanish colonial practice in which land was granted as private property and in which these estates were run both for subsistence production and for the production of cash and export crops.