feddan
Americannoun
-
feddan,
plural
-
feddans
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of feddan
From the Arabic word faddān literally, yoke of oxen
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
One or two little cafés we passed round the feddan, and banished any connection between them and lunch for ever and a day.
From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory
They did so, and now Ismail Pasha takes their improved land and gives them feddan for feddan of his new land, which will take five years to bring into cultivation, instead.
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
The measure of land is the feddan, equal to 1.03 acres, subdivided into 24 kirats.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
We crossed the great open feddan, all deserted, and I strained my eyes for a glimpse of her tall figure beside that of S`lam's—in vain.
From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory
The unit of land is the feddan, which equals 1.03 acre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
He paid considerable attention to sheep-breeding and agriculture, and by a canal which he had dug from Fuah to Alexandria not only assisted commerce but brought 100,000 feddans under cultivation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
The state domains cover over 240,000 feddans, and about 600,000 feddans are owned by foreigners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Over 1,600,000 feddans were held in holdings of from 5 to 50 feddans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Don’t go on: stay here and take 100 feddans of land and remain here.’
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
The number of proprietors owning over 50 feddans was 12,475.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
