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fedans

fedans is the plural of fedan.

Meaning of fedan

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

Questions about fedans

What is fedans the plural of?
Fedans is the plural of fedan.

Words near fedans in the dictionary

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

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