stremma

noun — 2 senses

stremma

noun

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

1

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

2

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

Hyponyms
royal stremma, square plethron, dunam

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