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Re: [ranchos] What is a Rancho???

 
Joseph,

I think that the closest English equivalent of "rancho" is "town".  The word town is as small and varied as the word "rancho".  A town can be anything from a single dwelling to a formally organized group of homes and families with formal organization.  I think it's important to keep in mind that some words in use today are holdovers from long ago.  For example, "villa" meant a community with at least 25 white european families as permanent residents.  Permission had to petitioned from the Spanish Crown to be granted such status.  A "pueblo" was a community in which biracial, white, and indigenous people lived.  A "ranchería" was a community of indigenous people only (usually "wild", i.e. unbaptized).  The other term I have seen while reading old documents is "estancia".  This last word refers to a bivouac area.  These terms and their meanings disappeared along with the Spanish after Mexico separated from Spain.  I think that the word "pueblo" has remained in the voaculary of many people but meaning that are different from place to place.  I think it's really difficult to find a simple equivalent because words change so much over time in English as well as in Spanish.

David Delgado in Albany, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Puentes <makas@...>
Sent: Jul 1, 2005 4:07 PM
To: LosRanchos <ranchos@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ranchos] What is a Rancho???

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What would the English equivelent of a rancho be????<BR>
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I think of it as a small, small community as in a large neighborhood.<BR>
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what are others thoughts on this?<BR>
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thanks,<BR>
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joseph<BR>
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David P. Delgado