"fanega" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fanegas [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|fanega}} Spanish fanega, {{der|en|xaa|فَنِيقَة||sack|tr=faníqa}} Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), {{der|en|ar|فَنِيقَة}} Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fanega (plural fanegas)
  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel. Tags: historical Synonyms (all senses): fanegada Synonyms (unit of dry volume): Spanish bushel, bushel (english: Spanish contexts) Translations (Spanish bushel — see also bushel): fanega (Galician), fanega (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fanega-en-noun-OdMC~g0~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Units of measure Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 14 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 9 10 16 18 11 12 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 9 10 17 18 11 13 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 55 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 28 33 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 54 19 27 Disambiguation of 'all senses': 42 28 30 Disambiguation of 'unit of dry volume': 53 23 24 Coordinate_terms (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄120 Galician fanega or 1⁄48 Castilian fanega), cunca (1⁄60 Galician fanega), medio (1⁄24 Castilian fanega), celemin (1⁄12 Castilian fanega), esca (1⁄10 Galician fanega), cuartilla (1⁄8 Castilian fanega), ferrado (1⁄5 Galician fanega), cuarto (1⁄2 Castilian fanega), saco (2 Castilian fanegas), carga (4 Castilian fanegas), cahiz (12 Castilian fanegas) Disambiguation of 'unit of dry volume': 53 23 24 Disambiguation of 'Spanish bushel — see also bushel': 51 24 25
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-fanega-en-noun-Dei2yXE~ Categories (other): Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 28 33
  3. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m². Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-fanega-en-noun-2CdPcvsE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 9 10 16 18 11 12 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 9 10 17 18 11 13 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 28 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fanga Coordinate_terms (formal unit of area): vara (1⁄100 fanega), celemin (1⁄12 fanega), ferrado (1⁄6 Galician fanega), yugada (50 fanegas), caballeria (60 fanegas)
Disambiguation of 'formal unit of area': 16 40 43

Inflected forms

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