estancia


es·tan·cia

E0219100 (ĕ-stän′syä)n. A large estate or cattle ranch in Spanish America.
[Spanish, room, enclosure, country estate, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, something standing, from Latin stāns, stant-, present participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

estancia

(ɪˈstænsɪə; Spanish esˈtansia) n(in Spanish America) a large estate or cattle ranch[C18: from American Spanish, from Spanish: dwelling, from Vulgar Latin stantia (unattested) a remaining, from Latin stāre to stand]

es•tan•cia

(ɛˈstɑn si ə)

n., pl. -cias. (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch. [1695–1705; < American Spanish; Sp: dwelling, sojourn < Vulgar Latin *stantia; see stance]