rancho

noun

plural ranchos

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In 2020, however, narcos invaded the sleepy rancho and robbed, killed and kidnapped with abandon. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Rancho Day will explore what life was like for rancho inhabitants and how those lives connect to today’s residents. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 Historic rancho topic of talk at museum The Valley Center History Museum will host a presentation on Rancho Guejito, a Mexican land-grant ranch, at 2 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Valley Center Library community room, 29200 Cole Grade Road. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025 One of the first six historical characters introduced by Pleasant Company, now American girl owned by Mattel, was Josefina Montoya, a Mexican girl who lived on a rancho in 1824 not far from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rancho

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, small ranch

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rancho was in 1820

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“Rancho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancho. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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