Rancheria
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rancheria is a noun meaning A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans.
Meaning
A small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans.
More Meanings
- (Philippines, historical) A political division denoting a small poor rural settlement.
Example Sentences
As for escaping, there were eight hundred miles of dry wilderness between the ranchería and civilization.
The springs are so few in number that their names are household words in every Indian rancheria and every settler's home; and there are no brooks, no creeks, and no rivers but the trunk of the Colorado and the trunk of the Gila.
Word Forms
- rancherias
- rancherio
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vereda, chandler, rodeo.
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