| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·tan·cia |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -stän syä |
| NOUN: | A large estate or cattle ranch in Spanish America. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, room, enclosure, country estate, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, something standing, from Latin st ns, stant-, present participle of stre, to stand. See st- in Appendix I.
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