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.
2. The main residence of a hacienda[1]. [PJC]
The approaching vision of this oasis is one of a great pink-walled, tile-roofed hacienda spread out under a thin forest of palms, emerging like a mirage out of the flat Nowhereland of the western San Joaquin Valley.
Uscategui said Rodriguez Gacha once tried to change Pacho's name to Chihuahua, which he also chose for his main estate, or hacienda, "but he couldn't get enough support for it" from government officials.
Overhearing a conversation in which some revolutionaries detail plans to use Harriet as a ruse to get to the federal soldiers at the hacienda, he, too, ends up at the Miranda estate.
Landis, who bought the residence in probate court nearly two years ago for $2.89 million, has filled in the pool with concrete and demolished all but 20 percent of Hudson's two-story hacienda overlooking Beverly Hills.
Guerrilla leader Emiliano Zapata's demand of "land and liberty" was a battle cry of the revolution against hacienda owners who had accumulated vast holdings.
Lunch or dinner: Pounds 22. The hacienda can be booked exclusively for a group of 10-14. Until October, a group booking costs Pounds 1,080 per day plus 10 per cent service charge.