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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RANCHERIA

RANCHERIA Ran `che *ri "a, n. [Sp. rancheria. ]

 

1. A dwelling place of a ranchero.

 

2. A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts, esp. for Indians. [Sp. Amer. & Southern U. S.]

 

3. Formerly, in the Philippines, a political division of the pagan tribes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rancheria

ran che ria |ˌranCHəˈrēə ˌræntʃəˈriə | noun (in Spanish America and the western US ) a small Indian settlement. ORIGIN Spanish, from rancho (see ranch ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

rancheria

rancheria |ˌrɑːn (t )ʃəˈriːə | noun (in Spanish America and the western US ) a small Indian settlement. ORIGIN Spanish, from rancho (see ranch ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Rancheria

Ran che ria Substantiv, feminin , die |rant͜ʃeˈriːa |die Rancheria; Genitiv: der Rancheria, Plural: die Rancherias spanisch Viehhof, kleine Siedlung in Südamerika

 

Spanish Dictionary

ranchería

ranchería nombre femenino Méx Pueblo pequeño y humilde levantado en el campo .