estancia

From Spanish estancia.

estancia (plural estancias)

1. A large rural estate in Latin America; a kind of ranch.
   • 2006, R. Buckley, Adventure Tourism (page 322)

     Some of the campsites are close to estancias; some are run by the parks service and have showers; and the remainder are in more remote locations with no vehicle access or facilities.

• Ectasian, actinase, astacein, canasite

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /esˈtanθja/, [esˈt̪ãn̟θja]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /esˈtansja/, [esˈt̪ãnsja]

estancia f (plural estancias)

1. large farmstead
2. stay, residence, sojourn
3. room
4. stanza

• (stay): estadía
• (farm): finca, cortijo, hacienda
• (room): habitación, cuarto, pieza
• (stanza): estrofa

• estar

• “estancia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.