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Webster 1913 Edition
Hacienda
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Haˊci-en′da
(äˊthē̍-ā̍n′dȧ or häˊsĭ-ĕn′dȧ)
, Noun.
[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.