Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rancheria \Ran`che*ri"a\, n. [Sp. rancheria.]
   1. A dwelling place of a ranchero.

   2. A small settlement or collection of ranchos, or rude huts,
      esp. for Indians. [Sp. Amer. & Southern U. S.]

   3. Formerly, in the Philippines, a political division of the
      pagan tribes.