rancheria
See also: ranchería
English
Etymology
From Spanish ranchería.
Noun
rancheria (plural rancherias)
- A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans. [from 16th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 98:
- As for escaping, there were eight hundred miles of dry wilderness between the ranchería and civilization.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 98:
- (Philippines, historical) A political division of the native tribes.