Definition of rancheria in English:
rancheria
noun ˌrɑːn(t)ʃəˈriːəˌran(t)SHəˈrēə
(in Spanish America and the western US) a small Indian settlement.
Example sentencesExamples
- Architectural accents from a variety of periods enhance the notion of a sprawling rancheria evolving and expanding through the decade.
- Once it was primarily home to mission rancherias and then to small truck farms.
- They are the direct result of Jesuit consolidation of the dispersed population from over eighty rancherias into eight mission towns by the 17th century.
Synonyms
community, colony, outpost, encampment
Origin
Spanish, from rancho (see ranch).