Definitions

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  • noun A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.

Etymologies

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From Russian десятина ‘tenth, tithe’.

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Examples

  • The "desyatina" is properly 2.7 acres; but in this story round numbers are used.

    What Men Live By and Other Tales Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • The “desyatina” is properly 2.7 acres; but in this story round numbers are used.

    What Men Live By, and other tales 2003

  • Amid the thoughts of estate management which greatly occupied me at that time, the question would suddenly occur: "Well, you will have 6,000 desyatinas [Footnote: The desyatina is about 2.75 acres.

    A Confession 1887

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