dessiatine

[ des-yuh-teen ]

noun
  1. a Russian unit of land measure equal to 2.7 U.S. acres (1.1 hectare).

Origin of dessiatine

1
1790–1800; <Russian desyatína literally, tithe, tenth, derivative of désyat' ten

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British Dictionary definitions for dessiatine

dessiatine

/ (ˈdɛsjəˌtiːn) /


noun
  1. a Russian unit of area equal to approximately 2.7 acres or 10 800 square metres

Origin of dessiatine

1
C18: from Russian desyatina, literally: tithe, from desyat ten

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