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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel. historical
2. 2
   A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed. historical
3. 3
   A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m². historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

bushelfanegadaspanish bushel

Etymology

From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).

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