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carreau

carreau noun: a Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.

Noun

carreau (plural carreaux)

  1. A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.
    • In 1809 and 1814, land reform in southern and western Haiti resulted in the estimated redistribution of some 76,000 carreaux of land among 2,322 civil and military officers.2013, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, Freedom's Seekers

Forms of carreau

pluralcarreaux

Origin of carreau

Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

Questions about carreau

What does carreau mean?
Carreau means a Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.
What part of speech is carreau?
Carreau is a noun.
What is the plural of carreau?
The plural of carreau is carreaux.

Words near carreau in the dictionary

  1. Carrazcos
  2. Carrboro
  3. carrboydite
  4. Carrbridge
  5. Carre
  6. carreau
  7. carreer
  8. Carreghofa
  9. Carreira
  10. Carreiras
  11. Carreiro

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