feddan
Americannoun
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feddan,
plural
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feddans
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of feddan
From the Arabic word faddān literally, yoke of oxen
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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
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
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
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
"Thou wilt add four feddans of land to that I will answer for the Mudir."
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete by Gilbert Parker
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
Then, when the Two Strange People had been struck with panic, the Syrian donkey-market, and the five hundred feddans of American cotton, and the new schools would be his for a song—or a curse.
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete by Gilbert Parker
Out of 1,153,759 proprietors of land in 1905, 1,005,705 owned less than 5 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
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