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Webster 1913 Edition
Fanega
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Fa-ne′ga
,Noun.
[Sp.]
A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1[GREEK] to 2[GREEK] bushels; also, a measure of land.
De Colange.
Definition 2024
fanega
fanega
English
Noun
fanega (plural fanegas)
- Any of various units of dry capacity, mass and land area used in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world; originally a unit of dry capacity used for grain.
- A former unit of area, the amount of land that would be sown with a fanega of seed.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fa‧ne‧ga
Noun
fanega f (plural fanegas)
- fanega (Measure of grain) (in Castile, it was equivalent to roughly 12 Imperial bushels or 55.5 liters)
- fanega (Measure of land) (the amount of land that could be sewn with one fanega of seed)
- bushel
External links
- fanega at Sizes.com