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dunams

/ˈdʌnəmz/

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noun

Dunam, unidad de superficie

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. "

El agricultor estimó que necesitaba comprar al menos cinco dunams de tierra para cultivar suficiente trigo para el pueblo.

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noun

Dunam, unidad de superficie turca

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. "

Un agricultor en Turquía posee cinco dunams de tierra donde cultiva aceitunas.

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Varias otras unidades en otras áreas del antiguo Imperio Otomano, generalmente equivalentes al decárea pero a veces variables (como en Irak, donde son 2500 m2).

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. "

La superficie de la granja familiar se midió en dunams, una unidad común en la región, que equivalía aproximadamente a una hectárea.

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