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stremma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
strem-ma
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.

noun

The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “a turning”), referring to the turning of the soil.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

stremmas (plural) stremmata (plural)

Rhymes With

emma dilemma on the horns of a dilemma gemma pip emma ack emma lemma problema pema trilemma trema tetralemma

Questions

What does stremma mean?
A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
Where does stremma come from?
From Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “a turning”), referring to the turning of the soil.

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