fanega
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².
Etymology
From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fanega, فَنِيقَة