1. plural of fazenda; large coffee plantations or cattle ranches, especially in Brazil
Usage: Brazilian Portuguese origin

Examples

• The fazendas in São Paulo state produce some of Brazil’s finest coffee.
• Many historic fazendas have been converted into luxury hotels.
• Workers on the fazendas lived in simple quarters near the main house.
• The wealthy landowner owned several fazendas across the region.
• Coffee fazendas dominated the landscape of rural Brazil in the 19th century.