fincan.
/ˈfiːŋkə//ˈfɪŋkə/ In Spain and Spanish America: landed property, (country) estate; a ranch.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a landed property or estate
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finca1909
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
1922 Glasgow Herald 18 Apr. 3 Ministerial ‘conclaves’ at Andalucian fincas.
1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 147 A few years ago..the coffee fincas were in full production.
1955 Sci. News Let. 8 Jan. 26/2 From these mountain coffee ‘fincas’ come 15,000 to 20,000 tons of coffee a year.
1963 W. P. McGivern Choice of Assassins (1964) iii. 31 The few wealthy men of the village had come down from their fincas..for the Sunday bullfights in Málaga.
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