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fedan

fedan noun: a measure of land used in Sudan and Egypt, slightly more than an English acre. One fedan is about 4200 square meters.

Noun

fedan (plural fedans)

  1. A measure of land used in Sudan and Egypt, slightly more than an English acre. One fedan is about 4200 square meters.
    • Tubbs, in the fall of 1862, sent emissaries to Cairo to pressure Ismail, heir to the throne, into planting several thousand fedans – which Tubbs promised to buy.1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 71

Forms of fedan

pluralfedans

Questions about fedan

What does fedan mean?
Fedan means a measure of land used in Sudan and Egypt, slightly more than an English acre. One fedan is about 4200 square meters.
What part of speech is fedan?
Fedan is a noun.
What is the plural of fedan?
The plural of fedan is fedans.

Words near fedan in the dictionary

  1. Fed. Republic of Yugoslavia
  2. FedACH
  3. fedai
  4. Fedak
  5. Fedaks
  6. fedan
  7. fedans
  8. fedaries
  9. fedary
  10. fedayee
  11. fedayeen

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