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cawny

cawny is the alternative form of cawnie.

Meaning of cawnie

Noun

cawnie (plural cawnies)

  1. (historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
    • This fort of mud was formerly built by the Curumbas, covering forty cawnies of ground with two boundary walls, and was long ruled by them.1838, William Taylor, Examination and Analysis of the Mackenzie Manuscripts, page 83

Forms of cawny

pluralcawnies

Questions about cawny

What is cawny the alternative form of?
Cawny is the alternative form of cawnie.

Words near cawny in the dictionary

  1. cawneys
  2. cawnie
  3. cawnies
  4. Cawnpore
  5. CAWNs
  6. cawny
  7. Cawongan
  8. Cawongla
  9. Cawood
  10. Cawoods
  11. cawquaw

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