Hacienda /(ä`thē̇*ā̇n"dȧ [or] hä`sĭ*ĕn"dȧ)/

Ha·ci·en·da

Hacienda

n.
  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}.