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.
The Spanish tax authorities equivalent to the British Inland Revenue.
ha·ci·en·da A large landed estate.
a large traditional unit of land area in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. The word also refers to a large estate, ranch, or plantation. As a unit, it equals 5 square leguas or 125 million square varas. Using the Texas definition of the vara, this would be about 8960 hectares or 22 140 acres (34.59 square miles). Using the shorter Mexican vara, it would be about 8778 hectares or 21 690 acres.
A large estate or ranch; the main building on such (Spanish, from Old Spanish facienda, from Latin, literally, things to be done [1772])
a large country estate or plantation, with its dwelling mansion; landed estate, ranch.
a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
the main house on a ranch or large estate
a large almost self-sufficient with a owner or haciendero who rents land to the peons who work it for him
a large Spanish estate, so I decided to take that idea and put it into this house
A large land holding that originated with the land grant system used by Spanish conquistadores. In size, comparable to an American plantation.
The Spanish tax authorities and equivalent to our Inland Revenue.