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rancherie

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ranch⋅er⋅ie

  [ran-chuh-ree]
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–noun Canadian.
1. an Indian village or settlement, esp. one located on a reserve.
2. any one of the large rectangular cedar buildings erected by Pacific Coast Indians for communal living and ceremonial purposes.
Origin:
1590–1600, Americanism; earlier rancheria < Sp, deriv. of rancho; see rancho
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