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Definition of 'dunam'

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  • A variable measure of land area in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states: the amount of land that can be plowed in a day, now often standardized as one decare (1000 m²), but sometimes as much as 2500 m² (in Iraq).
  • * (rfdate), James Joyce, :
  • You pay eight marks and they plant a dunam of land for you with olives, oranges, almonds or citrons.

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