as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the sugar baron spared no expense in building a grand hacienda on his plantation near Cuernavaca
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Recent Examples of hacienda
The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
Dating back to the 1800s, Rancho Temescal offers a hacienda-style main home and seven separate residences for staff, plus an equestrian complex with an 18-stall barn, two arenas, 20 paddocks, and pastures.
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Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
18 Dec. 2025
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.
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Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
Dating back to the 1800s, Rancho Temescal offers a hacienda-style main home and seven separate residences for staff, plus an equestrian complex with an 18-stall barn, two arenas, 20 paddocks, and pastures.
—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
18 Dec. 2025
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.
—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hacienda
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacienda
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Property records obtained by the outlet show their four-bedroom, five-bathroom mansion in La La Land was listed on the rental market for $18K a month.
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The couple luxuriated in a 25-room mansion in Hartford, Connecticut, staffed by six servants.
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Eleven suites and villas, each with a fireplace and a head-on view of The Remarkables.
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The villas are complete with spacious infinity pools and gardens, as well as cave-like common areas and cozy bedroom-bathroom dwellings.
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The actress played estate owner Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, who is forced to sell her manor following the death of her husband.
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Hallowed Halls turns your home into a stately Victorian manor, complete with spooky portraits, eerie black-and-gold decor, and even a few séance essentials.
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Swift recently paid tribute to the Hollywood icon with an entire song on The Life of a Showgirl and licensed imagery and other intellectual property from Elizabeth Taylor's estate for the music video.
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Driving into the estate down a dirt track, you’re met with concrete walls that frame the space with gallery-like precision, directing your eyes toward geological features rather than distracting from them.
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Earlier this week, Daniel Bishop, Jim Bishop's son and the caretaker of Bishop Castle, was seriously injured while working on a structure next to the castle.
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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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And thanks to careful planning by Alicent (Olivia Cooke), the palace welcomes Rhaenyra with only some bloodshed.
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So to return to the palace prepared to shoot their cautious but cutting infiltration of the Red Keep was a homecoming.
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“Hacienda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacienda. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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