rancheria

See also: ranchería

English

Etymology

From Spanish ranchería.

Noun

rancheria (plural rancherias)

  1. A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans. [from 16th c.]
    • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 98:
      As for escaping, there were eight hundred miles of dry wilderness between the ranchería and civilization.
  2. (Philippines, historical) A political division of the native tribes.
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