fanegada

  

fa·ne·ga·da

[fah-ne-gah-thah]
noun, plural fa·ne·ga·das [-thahs] .
a unit of land measure in Spanish-speaking countries varying from 1¼ to 1 3 / 4 acres (0.5 to 0.7 hectare).
Origin:
< Spanish; see fanega, -ade1

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