Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 3, 2011
hacienda \hah-see-EN-duh\, noun:
A large estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
The B.O. has turned the once respectable (pre-B.O.) White House into a sleazy Mustang Ranch style hacienda wherein he is throwing big birthday shindigs and whoring for campaign donations!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
He gritted his teeth and turned his stallion's head toward the hacienda.-- Linda Ladd, Midnight Fire
As swiftly as it had come, the tornado turned and headed away, leaving the village beyond the hacienda untouched.-- Joan Johnston, Texas Woman
Hacienda enters English from the Spanish word of the same meaning, which derives from the Latin facienda, "things to be done or made."
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