hacienda UK /ˌhæsiˈɛndə/US /ˌ(h)ɑsiˈɛndə/ noun1 •A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.The hot day was over, and the light failing rapidly, when Appleby, who had just finished comida, sat by a window of the hacienda San Cristoval with an English newspaper upon his knee. — 1907 formshaciendas