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dunam

/ˈdʊn.əm/

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noun

杜南，代亩，德南

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 could harvest about five dunam of wheat from his field this year, though the actual area might be a bit more or less depending on the soil's richness in different sections. "

今年，这位农夫估计他能从地里收割大约五个代亩（也就是他一天能耕完的土地）的小麦，不过实际面积可能会根据不同区域的土壤肥沃程度略有增减。

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noun

代亩，公亩。

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

Examples :

"The farmer's field measured 20 dunam in size. "

这位农民的田地有20代亩大。

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noun

德南, 亩, 相当于公亩的土地单位

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 :

"A farmer in Iraq owns five dunams of land where he grows date palms, each dunam measuring 2500 square meters. "

伊拉克的一位农民拥有五德南的土地，用于种植椰枣树，每德南相当于2500平方米。

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