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es·tan·cia  (-stänsyä)
n.
A large estate or cattle ranch in Spanish America.
[Spanish, room, enclosure, country estate, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, something standing, from Latin stns, stant-, present participle of stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]


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Since its introduction in the 1870s, sheep rearing has been a profitable staple of the Patagonian economy, spawning a rich vernacular of outhouses and barns (for storing and drying sheepskins) along with shepherd's bothies, stables, kennels and estancias.
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