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Webster 1913 Edition


Fanega


Fa-ne′ga

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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)

  1. fanega (Measure of grain) (in Castile, it was equivalent to roughly 12 Imperial bushels or 55.5 liters)
  2. fanega (Measure of land) (the amount of land that could be sewn with one fanega of seed)
  3. bushel

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