dessiatine
- noun
- Archaic
- One dessiatine is about 2.7 acres.
Examples
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The estate covered nearly ten dessiatines of fertile land.
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The farmer owned five dessiatines of land.
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Historical records often list rural properties in dessiatines rather than hectares or acres.
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Under Russian law, peasants could own a certain number of dessiatines.
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The estate covered nearly ten dessiatines of fertile land.
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Historical records often list rural properties in dessiatines rather than hectares or acres.
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Under Russian law, peasants could own a certain number of dessiatines.
Synonyms
17
2.6
An area equal to a square one kilometer on each side
How Big
- US
17
2.6
- Archaic
- Specialized
14
3.8
421
1.3
- US
12
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dessiatine comes from the Russian word desyatina, from desyat meaning 'ten' or 'tenth'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'tenth' part of land, which is why dessiatine became the name for a fixed area of land of about 2.7 acres.