[fing-kuh; Sp. feeng-kah] 
[-kuh
z; Sp. -kahs] . | a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, esp. a plantation in tropical Spanish America. |
| fin·ca (fĭng'kə, fēng'kä) 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 *fīgicāre, to fasten, from Latin fīgere; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.] |