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dunams

/ˈdʌnəmz/

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noun

An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre.

Examples :

"The farmer estimated he needed to buy at least five dunams of land to grow enough wheat for the village. "

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noun

A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m2), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma.

Examples :

"A farmer in Turkey owns five dunams of land where he grows olives. "

area property agriculture

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noun

Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m2).

Examples :

"The land area of the family farm was measured in dunams, a unit common in the region, which was roughly equivalent to a hectare. "

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