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caballeria

caballeria noun: a medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.

Noun

caballeria (plural caballerias)

  1. (historical) A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to 38.64 ha.

Forms of caballeria

pluralcaballerias

Origin of caballeria

From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.

Questions about caballeria

What does caballeria mean?
Caballeria means a medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
What part of speech is caballeria?
Caballeria is a noun.
What is the plural of caballeria?
The plural of caballeria is caballerias.

Words near caballeria in the dictionary

  1. caballada
  2. caballadas
  3. caballard
  4. caballed
  5. caballer
  6. caballeria
  7. Caballerial
  8. Caballerials
  9. caballerias
  10. caballero
  11. caballeroes

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