"Irish acre" meaning in All languages combined

See Irish acre on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Irish acres [plural]
Etymology: Historically used in Ireland. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Irish acre (plural Irish acres)
  1. (historical) A unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres). Tags: historical Synonyms: plantation acre
    Sense id: en-Irish_acre-en-noun-pWUtDal6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        [
          "square yard",
          "square yard"
        ],
        [
          "hectare",
          "hectare"
        ],
        [
          "statute acre",
          "statute acre"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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