Thesaurus results for HACIENDA

hacienda

noun

ˌ(h)ä-sē-ˈen-də

Definition of hacienda

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 story centers around a woman who inherits a mysterious hacienda filled with magic, secrets and unexpected connections that begin to reshape her life. — Stephanie Hope, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 The rooms There are 210 guest rooms and suites spread across a series of low-lying, hacienda-style buildings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026 The 240-seat hacienda-style restaurant’s menu draws on Carballo’s nomadic culinary travels in his native Mexico. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026 The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hacienda

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Noun

The backstory Like so many of the neighborhood’s Victorian mansions, this 1881 building was originally a private home.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2026
The event, to be held at the Newport mansion of Doris Duke, will feature an exhibition of Shearer’s photographs and a performance by the Alison Shearer Quartet — led by saxophonist Alison Shearer, daughter of John Shearer.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Definition of mansion

Noun

From the villa’s lofty vantage point, views tumble down over fincas, coffee fields, cattle pastures and the cascading waters of El Encanto waterfall, before dropping away to meet the distant glimmer of the ocean.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
More than a year after leaving the villa together, a source confirms to People that Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen are over.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 July 2026

Definition of villa

Noun

Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of manor

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Rivals—set amid the excess of 1980s England—revolves around power struggles between wealthy, larger-than-life personalities who live on sprawling country estates.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
Across a two-story Mediterranean-style main home and a two-bedroom guesthouse, the estate spanned over 12,000 square feet with seven bedrooms and nine and a half bathrooms.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026

Definition of estate

Noun

Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
After careful restoration by the prestigious French winery ‌Château d'Yquem, the bottles were put on display at the castle earlier in June.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of castle

Noun

Gregory Scharpen’s soundscapes are particularly nuanced in a dungeon scene and with rioters outside the palace walls.

— Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Martín said more evacuations could be coming and that the priority now was to protect the town of San Lorenzo, the home of the Escorial, Philip II’s 16th century royal palace and monastery.

— Caroline Blumberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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