fanega
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun Any of various traditional units of dry measure, weight, or land area used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries or territories.
Examples
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The corn was three current dollars per fanega, which is full five shillings per bushel; and biscuit at twenty-five shillings for the hundred pounds.
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Measuring by fanegas was then still in vogue in Mexico; a fanega equals about sixty-four kilograms.
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At this season the proportion of seed is calculated at 30 boxes of 40 lbs. each, or a total of 1,200 lbs. per _fanega_, the latter being equivalent to a half-hectare.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
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The rent is ten piastres for a fanega of ground, and is paid in money or in cotton.
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And the famine in the town waxed greater, and food was not now bought by the _cafiz_, neither by the _fanega_, but by ounces, or at most by the pound.
Note
The word 'fanega' comes ultimately from Arabic.
