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finca

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fin·ca  (fngk, fngkä)
n.
A rural property, especially a large farm or ranch, in Spanish America.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, real estate, from Old Spanish fincar, to pitch tents, reside, from Vulgar Latin *fgicre, to fasten, from Latin fgere; see dhgw- in Indo-European roots.]


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