Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hacienda .
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Examples
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At sunrise we were off for the "fazenda," the ranch of M. de Barros.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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There, on a bend of the stream, at the junction of the River Nanay, which is here about five hundred feet across, there had been established for many years this farm, homestead, or, to use the expression of the country, _ "fazenda," _ then in the height of its prosperity.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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The concert was noteworthy in that it took place in a giant open-air barn for milk cows the fazenda produces some of the highest quality milk in Brazil.
Chris McGowan: Brazil's Coffee Valley Music Festival Draws Crowds to Historic Region Chris McGowan 2011
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The fazenda concerts were also touristic adventures.
Chris McGowan: Brazil's Coffee Valley Music Festival Draws Crowds to Historic Region Chris McGowan 2011
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Global Voices em Português » Vá para a fazenda, rapaz!
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Registro, which I have cursorily noticed before, is a picturesque fazenda on the roadside, all constructed in a rude wooden style, and is a mule station.
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We first rode through a long, straggling village, called Carreiras, and afterwards passed a small fazenda, where there were evidences of a refined mind; it was radiant with flowers, and trellised with creepers.
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It was fortunate for me that I arrived when I did, for half an hour later arrived en route for some distant fazenda Senhor Nicolão Netto Carneiro Seão, a polished and travelled man who spoke excellent English.
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We then passed a few straggling houses; then an old fazenda; then we came to a stream with one plank, which we made our animals cross.
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We passed at intervals a few cottages or a solitary fazenda.
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